The number of motorists caught drinking and driving this year is at an all-time low, according to Helsingin Sanomat. Fewer drunken drivers have been apprehended by police than during the past 32 years.
Also, the number of people killed or injured in accidents in which alcohol was a factor has sharply declined.
During four days last spring, and again during the autumn, police breathalysed 110,000 motorists during a special campaign aimed at studying the incidence of drinking and driving. Similar studies have been carried out since the beginning of the 1980s.
Police believe that the main reason for the fall in drinking and driving is an overall decline in alcohol consumption.
The legal limit for operating a motor vehicle in Finland is 0.5 parts per thousand of blood alcohol.
