Every Christmas we hear that the Police are having a crackdown on drink drivers and 2007 is no exception. Police teams are out in force randomly testing drivers late in the evening and now, more than ever, early in the morning. There have even been reports of people being charged with drink drive offences from breath test after a full day of work as they are still over the limit from the night before.

The safest way to avoid a DR10 conviction is to not drink to excess at all over the Christmas period. Not much fun but its a safe stragey to ensure you stay legal. We all like a good time during the festive period and there are do it yourself breathaliser kits available from a number of UK outlets.  You can use these kits to check your blood/alcohol level to help you make the decision whether to use the car or find other means of transporation.  Using a breathaliser kit is definitely worth the money if it helps you keep your licence.

Hopefully you’ll have a great time over Christmas and not pick up any DR endorsements or convictions on your license. If you are unlucky, Quotezone is able to offer cheap insurance on a range of drink drive offences – goto Quotezone for awesome insurance prices.

A partnership between transport giant Fed-Ex and the UK road saftey charity Brake has produced a successful
program aimed at teenagers and presented by Andy Milne. Teenagers at Sandhurst School are receiving regular information from Mr Milne, a successful local driving instructor with
over 10 years experience.

The teenagers are taught about the dangers of drink driving and so called drug driving. Substances that impair your
judgement are more likely to make you crash or cause an accident and unfortunately the consequences are quite often fatal.

Young drivers are also actively encouraged to wear seat belts. It not only protects all the passengers from harm in an
accident but my avoid large and costly third party claims which will mean very high insurance prices in the future.