Booze ban in Bérchules

The small town of Bérchules in Granada province is fairly unique as it celebrates New Year’s Eve on the first Saturday in August, having adopted this policy in 1995 due to power outages in the municipality during the ‘normal’ New Year celebrations of 1994.

Crackdown on driving under the influence of drink and drugs

Today sees the start of a DGT ‘zero tolerance’ crackdown on driving under the influence of drink or drugs, with random testing being carried out at all times of day and on all types of roads. The crackdown will continue until July 15th.

‘Conductor Alternativo’ campaign in Vélez-Málaga

Delegations from the Social Action and Family, Youth and Local Police in  have launched an interesting new safety campaign aimed at the youth in the municipality, designated ‘conductor alternativo’ – alternative driver.

Driver heading the wrong way down the road was drunk

Guardia Civil officers en route to the scene of an accident in Málaga interecepted a driver who had accessed the Ronda de Málaga at km 237 and was merrily heading in the wrong direction. The driver, a 54 year old man, was subsequently found to have four times the permitted amount of alcohol in his bloodstream. Not only that, but …