Drink-driving, mobile phone use while driving and speeding are the three main issues
Some 88,734 Garda drink-driver breath tests were carried out to the end of August, which is on course to reach just over 150,000 by year-end. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins
The Garda said that the long-term decline in arrests is largely attributable to a changing climate in Ireland in which drink-driving is stigmatised, thus helping to reduce it. The Garda pointed out that traffic volume was still 7 per cent lower this year compared to 2019. However, it also said while “a shift in societal behaviours will have an impact on breath testing figures” there was “no one cause” that can be attributed to the falling number of breath tests.
The Garda said “driver behaviour changed significantly when there was less traffic on the road” during the pandemic, resulting in more speeding. “There is a perception you can trim back on because maybe the public just won’t notice – you won’t immediately come under pressure over it,” said one source.
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