Police to step up monitoring in Jul 30-Aug 5

The police will engage in intensified and high-profile drunk driving monitoring, particularly in holiday home municipalities throughout the country, from July 30 to August 5, said an official press release.

Almost a third of the entire year’s road deaths occur during the period of June to August. In addition, the frequency of drunk driving and speeding incidents increases during the summer.

“Young road users with risk behaviour associated with issues such as the start and end of the summer holidays, summer events and other leisure activities form a special risk group,” said National Police Board Chief Superintendent Heikki Ihalainen.

The most typical accident involving personal injury is running off the road, which most often happens on the lower-level road network. The background to this often involves speeding or drunk driving.

“Nobody should take risks and drive under the influence of intoxicants, or travel in a vehicle driven by a person in such a condition,” Ihalainen added.