GLASGOW traffic cops will be holding roadside checks daily across the city - meaning there is nowhere to hide for drunk drivers.

The officers from the Divisional Road Policing Unit at Glasgow will be targeting drivers across the city well into the new year and will catch those who breach the 22 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath drink driving limit.

A roadside check was set up on Balmoral Road yesterday morning with a total of 53 vehicles stopped between 7am and after 9am.

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Sergeant John Bradford, of the Divisional Road Policing Unit at Glasgow, said: “This location has had quite a few fatal road accidents in previous years and we want to raise awareness of the dangers of drink driving during the festive period.

“The truth is no one knows how alcohol affects each individual person because everyone is different.

“The advice Police Scotland would give is have nothing at all.

“If you are driving, simply don’t have drink because we can’t give you a definitive answer of how much you can have without being over the limit.”

During yesterday’s exercise, a total of 15 drivers were breathalysed and six motorists were issued with notices under the Vehicle Defect Reflection Scheme.

The scheme gives drivers an opportunity to make their vehicles roadworthy should they be stopped and it is an alternative to prosecution.

Sergeant Bradford said: “This is something we will be engaged in on a daily basis both in the morning and throughout the course of the day.

“We will be speaking to drivers, engaging with them and making sure they know we are out here stopping people - and the chances of being caught for drink driving are quite high.”

Sergeant Bradford explained that most of the arrests for drink driving can come through these roadside checks or members of the public reporting people.

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He said: “People are more aware than ever of the dangers of drink driving

“The public are very good.

“It has become socially unacceptable now and we do get a lot calls from members of the public reporting this.”