An alarming number of heavy vehicle drivers are driving under the influence of drugs, testing by the Victorian Police and Integrity Sampling has shown.
The Victorian Police are catching 1 in 12 transport drivers with drugs in their system. Drug testing by Integrity Sampling of heavy vehicle drivers around Australia is finding 1 in 16 affected by drugs.
As alarming as these figures are, what’s just as worrying is that these figures are around 20% up on figures from last year.