ALMOST 400 men failed a roadside breath test this year and fails by those aged 51-60 have doubled in the Cleveland area, new figures show.
Cleveland Police are sharing numbers of failed breath tests this year to date in a bid to highlight how widespread the problem of drink drug driving remains.
Inspector Darren Breslin from Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit, which is responsible for roads policing, said: “Everyone says that drink drug driving is unacceptable but people’s husbands, sons and brothers are still doing it.
“So far this year 385 men have failed a breath test in comparison to 89 women. But it’s not just men or younger drivers – this is something that men and women are doing across all ages, with increases in the older age groups."
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