The PPA's traffic section, which sometimes conducts spot checks on drivers, has also published excuses or other statements given by drink drivers, which include: 

•  "I regret that I was drunk and forbidden [from driving], but this incident has given me a new and interesting feeling - a sense of duty."
• "We were in a club, I consumed some alcohol, ran out of money and then decided to go to Tallinn."
• "I needed half a liter of Viru Valge and I felt okay to drive."
• "It was not alcohol I consumed, it was shashlik (kebab) juices."
• "I didn't drink anything, I ate some berries earlier. Berries give the same effect as beer, after they're eaten, it shows up on the breath test".
• "I went home and started to drink rum. I remembered that the car's tires needed air. To save time in the morning, I decided to get to the gas station before the alcohol had entered my bloodstream."
• "I wasn't driving, it was my friend who was, and who then ran away (after stopping a vehicle, the police found the driver sitting on the back seat, while his shoes were still under the car's pedals).

An accident involving a drunk driver on Saaremaa in January saw a baby and two women killed.