16 Dec, 2019 @ 13:37
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Police to step up drink driving crackdown during Christmas on Spain’s Costa del Sol

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POLICIA Local in Estepona will be stepping up their measures against drink driving this Christmas. 

According to police, there will be daily checks throughout the town with a special focus on the port and downtown areas.

Local development and tourism councillor Ana Velasco said the aim is to make drivers aware of the dangers of drink driving.

It comes after figures revealed driving while under the influence of alcohol is behind a third of traffic accidents in Spain.

Drinking before driving makes having a traffic accident nine times more likely.

The daily checks in Estepona will be carried out by Policia Local during the morning, afternoon and night until December 20.

However the mayor has insisted that checks will continue to be carried out until January 7.

Similar plans are expected to be adopted along the Costa del Sol.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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