A police operation by officers attached to the Hume Police District and the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command detected 11 people allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs between Friday August 12 and Sunday August 14.
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Nine motorists were charged or issued infringements for allegedly being over the legal alcohol limit.
In the Southern Highlands, a driver was stopped at Sutton Forest on Sunday August 14 and retuned a positive blood alcohol reading.
She was arrested and taken to Southern Highlands Police Station where she underwent a secondary breath analysis reading, with an alleged reading of 0.212, more than four times the legal limit.
A driver was stopped in Yass on Friday August 12. They allegedly returned a breath analysis reading of 0.179. The driver also allegedly tested positive to illicit substances, the result of which will undergo further analysis.
Other alleged drink driving offences occurred in Young, Goulburn, Grenfell, Mittagong and Murrumbateman.
Police encourage personal responsibility when it comes to drug and alcohol use and driving.
Southern Highlands Officer in Charge Chief Inspector Jason Horne said it was important to plan ahead, even if it was a trip to the local pub for a few beers with mates.
"If you drink and drive over the legal drink-driving limit, you are breaking the law and could lose your license, get a fine or go to prison," he said.
"Drink driving is a factor in approximately one in every seven crashes in NSW where someone loses their life. There are no benefits to drink driving."
There are no benefits to drink driving.
The next time you are thinking of enjoying a drink and then getting behind the wheel and driving remember alcohol can:
- Make it more difficult to respond to situations, make decisions or react quickly
- Reduces your ability to judge how fast you are moving or your distance from other cars, people or objects
- Gives you a false sense of confidence - you may take greater risks, thinking that your driving is better than it really is
- Makes it harder to do more than one thing at a time - while you concentrate on steering, you could miss seeing traffic lights, cars entering from side streets or pedestrians
- Affects your sense of balance - a big risk if you ride a motorcycle
- Makes you drowsy - you could fall asleep at the wheel
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