Almost 100 drivers were detected drink and drug driving throughout December.

During the month police targetted impaired drivers across the ACT conducting more than 17,000 random breath and drug tests, with 98 drivers detected under the influence of alcohol or with drugs in their system.

Police say that, of the 98 impaired drivers, some of the incidents included:

• A 31-year-old woman, who was an unaccompanied L-plater and therefore subject to a zero alcohol limit, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.169.
• A 28-year-old man travelling in excess of the speed limit, swerving over the road, and mounting the curb of a roundabout, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.227.
• A 25-year-old man, who was a P-plater and therefore subject to a zero alcohol limit, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.195.
• A 28-year-old man, who was involved in a single-vehicle collision after hitting a curb, driving through a fence, and coming to a stop in the grassland, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.134.
• A 39-year-old woman, who was a disqualified driver, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.295.
• A 31-year-old man, who was an international licence holder and therefore subject to a zero alcohol limit, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.255.
• A 32-year-old man, who was observed swerving in and out of lanes, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.210.
• A 33-year-old man, who was a suspended driver and watching videos on his phone while driving, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.172.
• A 24-year-old man, who was an unlicensed driver, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.157.
• A 53-year-old woman, who was involved in a single-vehicle collision and was a suspended driver, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.187.
• A 28-year-old man, who collided with a parked car, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.104.
• A 59-year-old man, who was involved in a single vehicle collision, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.175.
• A 39-year-old man, who was a suspended driver and driving an unregistered vehicle, returned a blood alcohol content of 0.130.

All 98 of these drivers were issued with Immediate Suspension Notices, suspending their ACT drivers licences’ for 90 days, and they will face court at a later date.

Officer in Charge of Road Policing Insp Mark Steel, said: “A driver found to be under the influence of alcohol at an RBT station was asked why he was drink driving. He told officers he didn’t think he would encounter police on his way home. No one should ever have the mentality that it’s okay to get behind the wheel and take the risk.”