Brown announces $1.3b Road Policing Investment Programme, targets drunk and drugged driving

Summarised by Centrist 

Transport Minister Simeon Brown unveiled the Government’s $1.3b Road Policing Investment Programme, setting ambitious targets to crack down on drunk and drugged driving. 

The initiative includes 3.3 million roadside alcohol tests and 50,000 drug tests annually. 

“Alcohol and drugs are the number one contributing factor in fatal road crashes in New Zealand,” Brown noted. Incentives will be provided to police for meeting enforcement targets. 

Read more over at The NZ Herald