Traffic ‘blitz’
PA Wellington . A two-month “blitz”' against drinking .drivers will begin on Thursday, the Acting Minister' of Transport (Mr Cooper) said yesterday. The blitz, will cover three long week-ends — Easter, Anzac, (April 25), arid Queen’s Birthday ~ y and end on June 4. " “The road toll is, unfortunately, once again on the increase,” Mr Cooper said.
“To date this year, 120 people have been killed on. the roads, 20 more than
for the. corresponding period last year, and the toll so far this month is 3L ■’ •
“Ten people were killed during the ; last Easter holiday, and if statistics are any guide, then we can expect to lose more this Easter,
“Thereare stilt large numbers’* of drinking drivers on the roads, but they would do well to heed jthe warning that if they want to drink and drive then they stand a good chance of getting caught. .
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