The Federal Police Service and local police services from across Belgium will be joining forces this weekend to carry out check on alcohol and drug use by motorists. From Friday evening until Monday morning motorists will be breathalysed and drug-tested at hundreds of locations the length and breadth of the country.
The police services do of course check motorists for alcohol and drug use every day of the year. However, at regular intervals “Weekend Without Alcohol” operations are held involving both the Federal and local police services. The aim is to draw attention to the dangers of drug and alcohol use when driving.
At the end of June last year during a “Weekend Without Alcohol” operation the Belgian federal and local police checked around 28,000 drivers. Just under 2.3% of them had too much alcohol in their blood or were found to be driving a vehicle under the influence of drugs.
