Police warning after teenager banned for drink-driving

NORTH YORKSHIRE Police has pledged to continue targeting drink-drivers during 2019 after a teenager arrested just a week after passing his test was handed a lengthy ban.

Fraser Dias, 18, of Harrogate, was one of 123 motorists arrested during North Yorkshire Police’s Christmas drink and drug drive campaign.

Police arrested Dias when he blew more than twice the legal limit when breathalysed after being stopped on Clarence Drive, Harrogate, just before 3am on December 21.

North Yorkshire Police said Dias had passed his driving test the week before.

Dias was banned from driving for 20 months and fined £120 with £115 costs when he appeared before magistrates.

Between December 1 and January 1, officers arrested 123 drivers on suspicion of drink or drug driving under the North Yorkshire-wide campaign.

Sergeant Andy Morton, of North Yorkshire Police’s Roads Policing Group, said: “We’ll continue to work with our 95 Alive road safety partners on education campaigns to change behaviours and carry out enforcement work throughout 2019 to get as many drink and drug drivers as possible banned from North Yorkshire’s roads.”

The number of drink and drug drivers arrested across North Yorkshire fell by 10 per cent in December 2018 compared to December 2017.