Mandatory drug testing for drivers involved in serious crashes and collisions is now in force.
A new provision in the Road Traffic Act that will make drug testing mandatory for any driver involved in a serious collision or crash came into effect today, Friday.
Minister of State at the Department of Transport Jack Chambers described drug driving as “reckless” and said this is a key reform in the Road Traffic Act, 2024.
He said there is a “very worrying trend of people consuming drugs and getting behind the wheel of a vehicle”.
Minister Chambers said this new provision will send “a very clear message to those people that if they are in any collision or crash they will face mandatory drug testing”.
At present, people involved in such incidents are only subject to mandatory alcohol testing.
