There are hopes that the increase in breath tests will be a turning point for reducing deaths and injuries from drunk driving.\xa0
Provisional figures show Police took more than three million tests last year, up from 2.4 million in 2022.\xa0
It's the first time it's surpassed three million tests since 2014.\xa0
AA road safety spokesperson Dylan Thomsen told Tim Dower that it's testament to the huge effort to crackdown on drunk driving.\xa0
He says the challenge now is to make sure it isn't a one-off.\xa0
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