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16 November, 2025
Impaired drivers in police sights at local festival
Police are promising a major crackdown on drug and drink drivers travelling to and from this weekend Wild Horses festival at Carapooee East near St Arnaud. State Highway Patrol and the Road Policing Drug and Alcohol Section will deploy to the festival working alongside local police on roads around the event. It comes as drink and drug driving detections peak at this time of year. Drug driving detections are typically highest in November while December sees the highest number of drink drivers caught. Between 2022 and 2024, there were 4,456 drug drivers and 4,235 drink drivers detected in November and December, with one in three caught in regional Victoria. Music festivals across the state including Wild Horses will be a focus, with drug and alcohol testing vehicles to be deployed for widespread roadside testing.
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