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Wednesday, 25 September, 2002, 19:56 GMT 20:56 UK
Cut in drink drive figures 'disappointing'
Police officer giving breath test
Positive tests doubled in North East Lincolnshire
Police in Humberside say they are disappointed at the number of people caught drinking and driving over the summer.

The force has released figures which show that 104 drivers were found to be over the limit during the school summer holiday period.

This is a reduction of only four over the same period in 2001.

Altogether 959 drivers were tested, but the results varied over the force's area.


They know they are putting lives at risk.

Steve Page
Humberside Police

In North East Lincolnshire there were 28 positve tests, twice as many as in 2001.

But in North Lincolnshire there was a decline in the number of drivers testing positive.

Humberside Police spokesman Inspector Steve Page has expressed his "disappointment" at the figures.

He said: "Too many people are still making a conscious and deliberate decision to get in their cars knowing they have excess alcohol in their blood.

"They know they are putting lives, including their own, at risk."


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