EVERY police vehicle in Bradford district has been issued with breath-testing and drug detection kits in a bid to catch New Year revellers who take things too far.

Although the official drink-driving campaign ends today - police chiefs say there will be no let up in the fight against drink drivers and drug users.

Sergeant Gary Roper of the Force's Roads Policing Support Unit said: “Driving while under the influence of drink or drugs is always a significant danger, but at Christmas the risks are even more prevalent with darker nights, bad weather and sadly, more people taking the risk by drinking or using drugs and then getting behind the wheel.

“On average, we stop 4 people a day on suspicion of drink or drug driving offence. Last December, that number doubled to an average of 8 people a day, that is a staggering one hundred percent increase.

"Statistically, young men continue to form a large proportion of those whom we stop for drink driving, however we are seeing more and more men, and increasingly women aged over 35 who are drink driving, many with the attitude 'it'll never happen to me.'

“Many of the people in this age range have been targeted by decades of campaigns about the dangers of drinking before getting behind the wheel and harrowingly are still being stopped for these types of offences.

“The use of drugs before getting behind the wheel is also something we are keen to deter people from doing as the impact can be as equally devastating. We have more officers trained than ever before able to test for drugs if they suspect someone has been drug driving.

"Drink drivers are people from all backgrounds, ethnicity and genders. Many of them have professional careers, they may have children and grandchildren and yet they are still choosing to get behind the wheel after consuming alcohol. We want to continue to drive home the message and make drink driving socially unacceptable no matter what age you are.

‘‘Each year we stop hundreds of people who are clearly not in a fit state to drive through drink or drugs. We want to hammer home the message that on a daily basis people across West Yorkshire are risking theirs and other people's lives and that drink or drug driving has extremely serious consequences.’’