The GNR, stepped up patrols on the busiest routes to 'help drivers along their way' and caution or fine those who, despite adequate warning and inadequate penalties, fail to ensure their own safety and that of other road users.
GNR patrols made 218 arrests and registered 6,912 vehicle related infractions between the 21st and 27th of December, with 304 drivers done for drinking and driving, 144 of which officially were deemed to be so drunk that they had committed a criminal offence.
The roll call of the terminally idiotic includes 25 arrested for driving a vehicle without legally being allowed to drive a vehicle, 4,079 for speeding, 408 for not having a valid vehicle inspection certificate, 263 for driving vehicles on which the lights did not work correctly, 202 for not wearing a seatbelt or having the wrong category of child seat, 189 for driving while using a mobile phone and 1,236 for imaging that driving without insurance remains an acceptable practice.
As for accidents, the GNR recorded 1,360 accidents with 15 people losing their lives, 29 seriously injured and 449 slightly injured.
