The Hampshire Constabulary Roads Policing Unit will regularly patrol the Island’s road network to remind revellers not to drive home if they are planning a weekend of excess.
Police will be conducting drink-drive operations in and around the Festival area – anyone over the limit can expected to be arrested and taken into custody.
However, festival-goers will have a chance to see if they are fit to drive by taking a voluntary breathalyser test as they leave the venue and head to their vehicles.
Inspector Martin Goodall from the force’s Roads Policing Unit (RPU) said:
“If you want to make sure you’re sober, voluntary breathalyser tests are available again this year at the festival campsite police office for anyone who genuinely wants to drive but is unsure if their alcohol level has returned to zero.
“All you have to do is blow into the kit and we’ll let you know whether or not you’re safe to get behind the wheel. You won’t be arrested if you’re over the limit, but you will be told not drive.
“Everyone takes a risk when they get inside a car, but if you choose – and make no mistake, it is a choice – to drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol – you’re more likely to crash – and more likely to kill or seriously injure yourself, your friends and anyone who happens to be in the way.”
