UK delivery services and other extensive users of the British driving system are being put at risk by road policing cuts, according to motor safety charity Brake.

It revealed the number of traffic police catching drunk and dangerous drivers has been reduced by 11.6 per cent in five years. The data is especially worrying in Wales, where numbers have been slashed by 37 per cent.

Brake has called on the government to deal with this issue, which it fears could lead to more accidents on Britain's roads and illegal behaviour from motorists going unpunished.

Julie Townsend, Brake's deputy chief executive, said: "It is crucial the government acts now to put a stop to these dramatic cuts in life-saving roads policing, by making this a national policing priority."

She added that crashes on Britain's roads had a negative economic impact, slowing down trade and putting a strain on emergency services.

Transport minister Norman Baker recently announced plans to give councils more power over road works in an attempt to ease traffic congestion.
 

Author:  Paul Burn