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- Drug drivers aged 15 to 77 are being caught high on cocaine and cannabis on our
roads, shocking figures have revealed.
A total of 19,828 motorists were reported by police for drug driving last year, with the youngest being boys aged 15
and the oldest offender a 77-year-old woman.
 The Mail has obtained detailed data from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
which reveals for the first time that cannabis is
causing the biggest problem, with more than 10,000 drivers caught on the drug last year.
Overall, more than half of the drug drivers in the
UK were found to have cannabis in their blood.
But the DVLA results show that thousands more motorists were found to be high
on cannabis and cocaine, or Buying Valium Without A Prescription cannabis with another
drug.
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Conviction data suggests that 83 per cent of drug drivers are white, followed by Asian people (8 per cent) and black people (7 per cent) [Stock image]Â
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There were also dozens of shocking cases where drivers had taken a cocktail
of four or more drugs, including cannabis, cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy and amphetamine before getting behind the wheel.
The startling figures come after the Mail revealed yesterday that drug driving has now overtaken drink driving across the country for the first
time, but scores of offenders are escaping justice.
New figures show that a total of 10,190 drivers
were found to be over the legal limit for cannabis last year, with another 1,934 testing
positive for cannabis and cocaine.
Analysis shows that cocaine is the second most common substance, with 5,980 drivers found to be on the class A drug.
At least 210 drivers tested positive for
ketamine, 78 for amphetamine, 47 for ecstasy and
three for heroin, but many more drivers took these drugs in combination with other illegal substances.
The age profile of offenders indicates that motorists are continuing to abuse drugs into their retirement.
In February, a 70-year-old man living in the picturesque Cotswolds town of Stow-on-the-Wold was condemned by a judge
for behaving 'like a juvenile delinquent' after he
was found to have taken cocaine and MDMA.
In total, 35 pensioners were reported to the DVLA by police last
year, including those found to have taken cocaine, cannabis, amphetamine and
the prescription drug Buy
Valium 5mg Online.
The figures show that the number of male offenders outnumbered women almost 10-1,
with 17,998 men caught by police, compared to 1,830 female
drivers.
The most common conviction age for men was 32.
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The figures show that the number of male offenders outnumbered women almost 10-1 [Stock image]Â
For women, they were most likely to be caught drug driving at the ages of 30 and 34. |
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