Bedford Driving Lessons

Drink drivers face having their cars seized as part of a festive crackdown in Scotland. Police have issued the warning to repeat offenders as their annual road safety campaign gets under way. Drivers who are over the limit may lose their licence, with an automatic 12-month ban imposed. And those with a previous conviction for drink-driving may have their vehicle taken away for good. Prosecutors will urge courts to order the seizure of vehicles in such cases. Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill and Scotland’s top law officer Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini joined Central Scotland Police Chief Constable Kevin Smith at the Scottish Parliament for the launch of the annual crackdown. Around one in nine deaths on Scotland’s roads involves drivers who are over the drink-driving limit. Chief Constable Smith, the road policing spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Constables in Scotland, said police arrested thousands of drink drivers throughout the year. “Despite our warnings that we will target such individuals 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, they still risk wrecking not only the lives of others but also their own and those of their families, due to the severe consequences of being caught. “This year there will be an added risk in that motorists caught drink-driving now risk losing their car as well.” More