Drink-drive conviction figures fall

Wednesday 3rd January 2007, 12:00AM GMT.

MORE than 200 people were convicted of drink-driving in 2006 – a reduction on the previous year’s figures.

The States police say that although the message is slowly getting across that drink-driving is dangerous, some people continue to think that the law does not apply to them. A total of 218 people were arrested, convicted and banned from driving in Jersey last year after daily roadchecks by the States police and honorary officers.

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