Totana Local Police will develop a special campaign on the control of the BAC, under the agreement signed recently with the Traffic Department, which is going to develop between 9 and 15 July.
As part of that campaign, is to avoid the accident in the summer trips, for which Local Police Headquarters of Totana makes various preventive controls and increase their supervision to try to avoid the consumption of alcohol in drivers.
Also, remember that the local police in almost one third of fatal accidents, alcohol is present as concurrent or triggering factor, because alcohol is not only related to increased accident rate, but also results in greater mortality, being a factor associated with a worse prognosis in injuries.
Also, remember that even at BAC within the legal allowable margins, the level of accident risk may be increased.
Alcohol intake is perceived as the second cause of accidents, speeding behind: if a driver with only achieve the rate of 0.25 grams / liter, enters the area at risk (the risk of an accident is multiplied by 2) and you start having problems with balance, underestimated the speed and increases your reaction time, but when the rate exceeds 0.85 g / l (the risk of an accident is multiplied by 9).
Local police remember that the maximum rates allowed are alcohol 0.25 g / l in general driving and 0.15 g / l in the case of professional and novice drivers.
Article 65 of the Act is classified as very serious offense driving having consumed alcohol at higher rates than those established and, in any case, driving under the influence of drugs, psychotropic substances and other substances of similar bills, and as violating the requirement that all drivers have, to undergo alcohol testing.
It provides for the punishment of a fine of 500 euros and the withdrawal of 4 points Driving Permit for rates between 0.25 and 0.50 mg / l of exhaled air, and 6 points for the breach of the obligation to submit to breath tests , and rates higher than 0.50 mg / l.
remembering that from 0.65 mg / l are committing crime, and therefore entail the arrest of the driver or conductor.
In preventive work, the local police are Totana remember not require large amounts of alcohol to influence driving.
