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Police to drivers: We’ll be out in force
Nelson drivers be warned, if you drink and then drive there’s a good chance you’ll be pulled over. Police will be running a summer driving campaign targeting drunk drivers and people speeding, and senior sergeant Grant Andrews says they will be out in force. “We’ll be everywhere,” he cautioned. Changes to the drink driving limit came into effect yesterday, lowering the legal
limit for how much alcohol you can drink before driving. The limit was 400mcg of alcohol per litre of breath, but is now 250mcg for drivers aged 20 and over. For drivers under 20, the limit is zero. Grant says the safest rule is to simply not drive if you’ve had a drink, but those who do need to be aware of what they’re drinking. “Especially in craft beers. Some of them can be treble what a standard beer is
at four per cent. So where you think you may be having one standard drink, you may be having the equivalent of two or three.” He says every single sworn officer in the Tasman policing district is trained to administer a breath test and they will be checking. “We’re doing a lot of short, sharp check points now. Sometimes we’re only ten or
15 minutes in one place and then we’re gone again. We’ve had operations where we’ve started at two in the morning and run until midday.” Grant says the number of people testing in the 250-400 range hasn’t been a lot, but it will catch some people out. Nationally, about 100 people are killed and 2000 injured each year from crashes involving alcohol.
Running race a gala ‘with sweat’ Andrew Board Run Mahana is more than a running race, it’s a “gala with sweat”. Co-organiser Greg Dykzeul coined the phrase after another hugely successful Run Mahana at Woollaston Estate, with 700 people lining up for either the half marathon, 10 kilometre or five kilometre run or walk, and the Mahana Mile for the kids. “We wanted to create a festival atmosphere so there was something for everyone, an event that families could do together,” says Greg. “By having the food and drink vendors it makes it more like a festival. People can have something to eat or drink after the event and just relax. It’s like a gala, a gala with sweat.” On the course, Commonwealth Games representative Julian Matthews was pipped in the 10km race by Hayden McLaren. Hayden set an impressive new course record with a time of 32.03. Paula Canning won the women’s 10km race with a time of 39.32. Full results at nelsonevents.co.nz
Enjoying Run Mahana at Woollaston Estate on Sunday was, from left, Irene Post, Alana Crook and Tyler Goodall. Photo: Chris Symes/Shuttersport.
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