Nearly 70 more impaired drivers have been caught by Vancouver police since their summer roadblock campaign started.
A week after reporting 28 people failed roadside tests, Constable Lindsey Houghton says numbers have spiked significantly.
“This past Friday and Saturday night, in those two nights alone, we took 68 impaired drivers off the road compared to 44 in the same weekend in 2011 – now that’s over a 50 per cent increase.”
Houghton says veteran officers were shocked to see one in every six people tested being somewhat impaired.
He adds 25 new drivers have also been taken off the road compared to only one last year.
That’s concerning because the rules for novice motorists clearly state they’re not allowed to have any alcohol in their system before getting behind the wheel.
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