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Cocaine snorters, dope smokers and meth users on the roads will increasingly be targeted by police with evidence drug taking drivers are outstripping drunk drivers.
Nearly 500 people were caught driving with drugs in their system during a two day blitz on NSW roads.
More than 45,000 motorists were tested for either drug or alcohol last weekend with 485 returning positive results for drugs in their system and 154 people over the limit for alcohol, despite nearly three times more people undergoing testing for booze.
“In Operation Fume we did over 12,000 drug tests in 2 days and got 485 positive, we did over 32,000 alcohol tests and got 145 positive. It‘s a social challenge about drugs in our community as well as on the road,’’ said Assistant Commissioner Brett McFadden, head of the NSW Highway Patrol Unit said yesterday.
A/C McFadden said they are seeing all age groups making bad decisions on the roads.
“Just days after the tragedy in Buxton where a green P-plate driver is involved in an accident, we had a green P-plate driver clocked at 180km/hr in Lithgow.
“But it‘s not just young people. Last Thursday a 55-year-old woman registered .265 when pulled over at Ballina travelling from Queensland to Victoria and was drinking while driving, literally, “he said.
