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Legislators last night approved the introduction of police checkpoints to screen motorists for sobriety, in a bid to curtail drink-driving. Transport minister Walter Roban told the House of Assembly that while the Bill was “not the cure-all — but it...

Members of the House of Assembly told powerful stories about the impact that impaired driving has had on their lives and the wider community. Lawrence Scott, the Government Whip, recalled: “I’ve been there in the hospital, on the ICU ward when a frie...

Dear Sir, As a UK magistrate and a regular visitor, spending four to six weeks a year on this jewel of an island, I read with interest Paul Johnston’s article on the Government’s consideration to reduce the drink-drive alcohol limit from 80mgs to 50m...

A Warwick man was banned from driving for a year yesterday after he refused to take a breath test. Magistrates’ Court heard Damon Robinson, 40, was arrested in the early hours of yesterday. Police clocked Robinson on Crow Lane near Hamilton travellin...

A 30-year-old woman has been fined and banned from the roads for driving while more than two-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit. Jebrie Hill pleaded guilty to the offence, which happened in Paget on November 30 last year, at a Magistrates’ Cou...

A Pembroke man has been fined and banned from the roads for failing to give a breath sample to police. Marcus Fox admitted the offence that happened in Pembroke on February 2 when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning. The 26-year-old also p...

A Hamilton Parish man has been banned from the roads for 18 months after pleading guilty to drink-driving. Charles Hartman, 64, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to providing a breath sample above the legal limit. Hartman was arrested ...

A bartender has been taken off the road after drinking and driving. Jahdal Williams, 36, admitted driving while over the legal blood-alcohol limit. Magistrates’ Court heard that officers were conducting traffic stops near the junction of Middle Road ...

A 54-year-old man clocked driving nearly three times the speed limit has been ordered off the roads for 18 months after pleading guilty to impaired driving. Peter Araujo, from Smith’s, was pulled over by police officers on North Shore Road near Terc...

A motorcyclist who crashed into a car while more than 2½ times the legal alcohol limit was fined and banned from the roads. Daniel Farrar, from Southampton, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while over the alcohol limit in Warwick on No...

The introduction of roadside breath tests could face legal and constitutional hurdles. Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said the use of a breathalyser programme would need to be regulated. He said: “If there is going to be roadside testing, there have g...

A 52-year-old woman caught driving while three times over the legal alcohol limit has been fined and banned from the roads. Karen Woollery, from Sandys, admitted in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to driving in Warwick while impaired by alcohol on Decem...