NSW drink and drug drivers are being warned they will be caught, as police launch Australia and New Zealand's biggest crackdown operation.
Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers) began at 0001 (AEDT) on Friday and will continue until just before midnight on Sunday, December 12.
NSW police Assistant Commissioner John Hartley warned motorists they will have nowhere to hide during the operation.
'If you have taken drugs, or you are drinking and driving, you will be targeted,' Asst Comm Hartley said in a statement on Friday.
'Police will be out in force and we will find you.'
More than 5000 motorists were charged with drink-driving offences around the country during Operation RAID last year.
Asst Comm Hartley said 393 people have died on NSW roads this year, with statistics showing alcohol plays a factor in about a quarter of fatal crashes.
'I urge motorists to take personal responsibility for their driving behaviour and to remember that anyone who acts up behind the wheel will be caught and will be dealt with under the full force of the law,' he said.
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