Police stopped suspected drink or drug drivers every five and a half hours throughout last year, The Argus can reveal.

Between January and December 2012 at least four motorists were arrested everyday by Sussex Police, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

The figures for how many were subsequently charged with driving offences were not available.

Reported by the Brighton Argus. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.