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Government introduces new offence of drug driving

The Government is introducing a new offence of driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle with a specified controlled drug in the body.

8 Mar

Brake recognises road safety campaigners

The family of Lillian Groves, killed by a drug driver aged just 14, have won a national award for their work campaigning for a new law to crack down on dangerous drug drivers.

18 Jan

UK device approved to drug test drivers

Northumberland-based Draeger Safety UK has received the first Home Office approval for a drug detection kit which will be used by police forces across the UK.

15 Jan

Alcohol still a problem, but 18% of people killed on roads test positive for drugs

Drink-driving in the UK remains one of the biggest killers on our roads despite a shift in attitudes over the past 20 years.

6 Sep

Managing drug and alcohol taster sessions

DDE+, the drug and alcohol road safety charity, is holding ‘taster’ sessions near Henley-on-Thames in October. The sessions are free and designed for managers to ‘taste’ a little of how they work with managing drugs and alcohol in the workplace and in particular drink and drug driving.

22 Aug

Fleet managers urged to attend road safety events

Brake, the road safety charity, is helping organisations in the Midlands to tackle dangerous driving through two essential events for fleet managers and health and safety personnel.

14 Aug

Brake calls for fleets to show zero tolerance to drink and drug driving

Road safety charity Brake is urging employers with staff who drive for work to take advantage of low-cost events and resources through its Fleet Safety Forum to help stamp out drink driving, as results from the police summer drink drive crack-down were released.

1 Aug

Police test more than 900,000 drivers for drink driving

Police are reporting nearly 18,000 positive breath tests after conducting more than 900,000 across Europe in a seven-day, summer crackdown on drink driving.

31 Jul

Brake hosts drink and drug driving seminar

Brake is hosting a seminar looking at how fleets and road safety professionals can tackle drink and drug driving at the Tally Ho conference centre, Birmingham, on Tuesday, September 25, from 11am to 4pm.

13 Jul

Drug driving risk policies needed by fleets as figures show problem is on the rise

Drug driving policies may need to be adopted or rewritten by many fleets as new figures show that the problem is on the rise among younger drivers, says CFC Solutions.

15 Jun

Lillian’s Law team view drug testing device

The family of Lillian Groves, a 14-year-old killed in 2010 by a speeding driver subsequently found to be under the influence of cannabis, have spent the day at Concateno’s headquarters in Abingdon.

24 Apr

Increasing number of fleets drug test drivers

Random drug-testing is becoming more common among fleets, as managers realise that unless they take a zero-tolerance approach, it is tantamount to having no policy.

9 Mar

Drug driving report reveals cannabis risk

A report by the British Medical Journal out today (Friday, February 10) shows drivers who smoke cannabis within three hours of getting behind the wheel double the risk of a serious crash.

10 Feb

Analysis: the problems with prosecuting drug driving

It’s difficult to establish exactly how many people climb into their car or van each week and drive with drugs in their system. The problem for the police is it’s difficult to detect and the level of impairment even harder to prove. Yet, estimates suggest one-in-five people killed on our roads may have an impairing drug – legal or illegal – in their system.

24 Jan

drug driving - Page 5

Government introduces new offence of drug driving

Brake recognises road safety campaigners

UK device approved to drug test drivers

Alcohol still a problem, but 18% of people killed on roads test positive for drugs

Managing drug and alcohol taster sessions

Fleet managers urged to attend road safety events

Brake calls for fleets to show zero tolerance to drink and drug driving

Police test more than 900,000 drivers for drink driving

Brake hosts drink and drug driving seminar

Drug driving risk policies needed by fleets as figures show problem is on the rise

Lillian’s Law team view drug testing device

Increasing number of fleets drug test drivers

Drug driving report reveals cannabis risk

Analysis: the problems with prosecuting drug driving

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drug driving - Page 5

Government introduces new offence of drug driving

Brake recognises road safety campaigners

UK device approved to drug test drivers

Alcohol still a problem, but 18% of people killed on roads test positive for drugs

Managing drug and alcohol taster sessions

Fleet managers urged to attend road safety events

Brake calls for fleets to show zero tolerance to drink and drug driving

Police test more than 900,000 drivers for drink driving

Brake hosts drink and drug driving seminar

Drug driving risk policies needed by fleets as figures show problem is on the rise

Lillian’s Law team view drug testing device

Increasing number of fleets drug test drivers

Drug driving report reveals cannabis risk

Analysis: the problems with prosecuting drug driving

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