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CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM DEVON & CORNWALL POLICE
Message sent by
Linzi Berryman (Police, Community Messaging Officer, Devon and Cornwall)
Throughout December Devon and Cornwall Police will be making sure that the region’s roads are a safe place for everyone. The annual Christmas operation to stop people driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, through awareness raising and rigorous enforcement, is under way.
Any drivers involved in a collision and any motorists whose driving may lead police to suspect they are under the influence of alcohol will be breathalysed. If drug driving is suspected, drivers can also be tested at the roadside using a mouth swab device.
Devon and Cornwall Police is keen to dispel some commonly held myths about drink and drug driving.
Roads Policing Inspector Richard McLellan emphasised that being “under the limit” for a breath test does not necessarily mean that a driver’s judgement and abilities are not impaired.
He said: “If the police have observed you driving in a careless or dangerous fashion whether you have had a collision or not, you could still be arrested, charged and prosecuted for a Section 4 offense of driving a mechanically propelled vehicle whilst unfit through drink or drugs, even if your breath test indicates a level below 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.”
Inspector McLellan continued: “Drivers also need to stop assuming that they can “sleep it off”. From a sample of 98 people that had a positive, failed or refused breath test in June 2017, seven were found to be significantly over the limit the morning after.
“One 38-year-old man blew 147 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath at 9.24 on a Wednesday morning. Sleep has nothing to do with reducing the alcohol level in your blood, only time.”
“Our message is clear and simple: don’t drink or take drugs and drive, and give due consideration to the morning after. It is simply not worth it.”
Police are also emphasising that the effects of a collision caused by driving with impaired judgment due to alcohol or drugs extend much further than initial damage, injury or fatalities.
Inspector McLellan said: “If you drive while impaired you not only increase your chance of causing serious injury or a death through a collision, but also risk consequences in trying to carry on with a normal life. The penalties when caught have far-reaching implications on any drink driver’s life financially, emotionally, psychologically and on their family and friends.
“The punishments for drink driving are rightly severe because there is no excuse for doing it. If convicted of drink driving you will have a criminal record, lose your licence and potentially your livelihood and you could spend time in prison and receive a large fine. Convictions can also significantly increase insurance premiums and prevent travel to certain countries.”
Preventing death or injury is as simple as pre-booking a taxi back from a party or having an alcohol free designated driver in your group.
Since 2013, the average percentage of drivers who have been stopped in Devon and Cornwall that were positive, failed or refused alcohol breath test is 20%. The national average from figures released by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) this year is 10%.
Inspector McLellan concluded: “Drink driving cannot be tolerated at any time of the year but we will ensure very close attention is being paid over the festive period. This is intelligence led policing and it means that in Devon and Cornwall you are twice as likely to get caught if you are selfish enough to do it.”
Current drink-driving penalties are listed here: https://www.gov.uk/drink-driving-penalties
ROAD CLOSURE: Challons Combe to Bowls Cross, 12th-16th February 2018
The road between Challons Combe and Bowls Cross will be closed for work by Western Power Distribution between 12th-16th Feb 2018. See following WPD notice for details and alternative route suggestion:-
ROAD CLOSURE: Challonscombe, nr Ashford, to Bowls Cross, Bigbury, 20-24 November 2017
Please be advised that circumstances and weather permitting, SWH will be undertaking essential highway maintenance works on behalf of Devon County Council between 20-24 November 2017. The road will be closed except for access to property. Precise timings are uncertain at this stage and may be subject to change.
This road is the important alternative route to the Tidal Road at high tide for vehicles heading towards Bigbury and Bigbury-on-Sea.
ROAD CLOSURE : B3392 – St Anns Chapel Cross to Bigbury
Please be advised that circumstances and weather permitting, SWH will be undertaking essential highway maintenance works on behalf of Devon County Council, on Friday 10 November 2017. Please be aware however that these dates may still need to change with little or no notice.
The works will involve essential Surfacing works in the highway. In order to carry out these works, a road closure and diversion will be in place as per the attached notification – see Road closure detour
Works will generally be undertaken between the hours of 07:00 and 18:00, although these times may vary.
Should you have any queries, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Kind Regards
Sonia Marshall
Customer Liaison Officer
Plymouth CC – Prince Rock | Telephone: | 01752 426295 | Ext: 3505 |
Macadam Road | Fax: | 01404 821501 |
Plymouth | DDI: | – |
Devon | Mobile: | 07718 269462 |
PL4 0RZ | Web: | www.swhgroup.co.uk |
EASTON POTHOLES REPAIRED!
At last, the many potholes in the road on the Bigbury side of the parish boundary between Easton (Bigbury) and Ashford (Aveton Gifford) have been repaired although the much anticipated, wholesale resurfacing work didn’t happen over the summer months, as foretold. All those residents who had stopped using the road for fear of suffering major damage to their car’s tyres and suspension system can now resume their jousting with ‘white-van man’, seeking a short-cut to Bigbury-on-Sea.
It would be churlish not to express our extreme gratitude to Devon County Council for finding the resources to complete this work before winter sets in and to all those people who took the time to navigate the DCC website to register their observations and photographs about the state of the road via the link – https://new.devon.gov.uk/roadsandtransport/report-a-problem/
Thank you!
ROAD CLOSURE – MARWELL CROSS TO RINGMORE ROAD, RINGMORE
For details, see this link:-
TRAFFIC NOTICE – TIDAL ROAD TEMPORARY CLOSURE
See the notice below for details:-
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