Fresh from the “It seemed like a good idea at the time” Files: Police set up breath testing station at only exit to 3-day music festival with 15,000 people inside
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Some concert-goers at a recent New Years Day Falls Festival concent in Tasmania, Australia were forced to queue for more than six hours as police conducted a drink-driving blitz outside the venue.
15,000 people at the festival. 31 people charged. That’s some fine police work there, Lou. Some people toward the end of the line probably sobered up enough to pass a sobriety test
Inspector Jon Cooper said in one article online that the dirt access road chosen for the New Year’s Day blitz did not allow cars not being tested to pass and exit The Falls festival at Marion Bay, 50km west of Hobart.
Police began testing drivers at 7am on Burnt Hill Rd, 3km from the festival site.
Festival veterans said it was the most radical testing they had seen after the event, contributing to delays of about three hours as traffic banked up.
However, police said the results backed their operation.
“Both speeding and drink-driving are two of the major contributions to fatal and serious motor vehicle accidents,” a spokesman said.
Tasmaniac Police create 6 hour wait at festival
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