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Joanna Guelas

NSW drink-driving rates rise as tests dive

Motoring group the NRMA says police need to step up the rate of random breath tests for drivers. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

NSW has dropped the ball on policing drunk drivers, a motoring group says, after roadside breath tests in the state halved in two years.

Amid COVID-19 lockdowns, about 2.8 million roadside tests were conducted in NSW in 2021, compared to more than six million in 2019.

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