WATCH: Drug Driving Detections Double This Christmas Period By Hannah Murphy Emergency services say the easiest way to thank front line heroes this Christmas is to slow down behind the wheel.
There s been more fatal crashes on our roads this year compared to 2019 already - and that s before the most dangerous season of the year.
Chief Superintendent Ray McMahon says Gardai are concerned about the potential for road accidents as county restrictions lift and people travel home for Christmas. Attending one of these fatal accidents, dealing with the families, breaking this news, it s enormous stress on the members as they go to those scenes , he told us.
Concern over doubling of motorists caught drug-driving during pandemic Gardaí believe people more likely to take drugs and drive home from parties, due to restrictions on pubs and clubs
Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 15:02
The number of motorists caught drug-driving has more than doubled this year, which gardaí link to people driving home after house parties, due to restrictions on pubs and nightclubs during Covid-19.
Chief Superintendent Ray McMahon of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau, said people were now more likely to be taking drugs at house parties, as drink-only pubs and nightclubs were shut.
Rather than taking a taxi home from the pub or club, people were then driving home themselves, he said.