You will lose your licence if you drink & drive

Friday, Dec 10, 2010




Now drink and drive at your own peril.

In an attempt to curb drink-driving, the Delhi Traffic Police are planning to impound your licence for good.

Keeping in mind past incidents of drink- driving during Christmas and New Year, the traffic police have decided to intensify crackdown and anyone found guilty could lose his/ her driving licence.

" The traffic police are not empowered to suspend or cancel the driving licence.

But we can ask the court for the same. If caught for the first time, the licence would be suspended and thereafter it can be cancelled," joint commissioner of police ( traffic), Satyendra Garg, said.

In case of suspension, one loses the right to drive for six months.

Drink- driving is one of the major reasons for accidents during the night and traffic police officials claim the number of such cases increases during year- end celebrations. Prior to the Commonwealth Games, the traffic police had launched a special drive to curb drinkdriving and 300 licences were suspended by the traffic courts.

The police claim the crackdown had proved a major deterrent and with the year end approaching, they plan to intensify patrolling to nab the perpetrators.

A senior traffic police officer said the thrust would be in south and New Delhi areas where there are a number of night clubs and bars.

For that purpose, more traffic police would be supplied with alcometers ( used to check the amount of alcohol one has consumed) and order has already been placed for this, the officer said.

Moreover, special teams of traffic police would be deployed at night at major intersections to check cases of drink- driving. Those suspected would be subjected to on the spot test.

FATAL ATTRACTION

July 26, 2010: A car driven by a medical student under the influence of alcohol claimed four lives on the Safdarjung flyover

May 23, 2010: The wife of an army officer, driving under the influence of alcohol, rammed her car into an auto- rickshaw, killing two

February 26, 2010: A youth, allegedly drunk, crushed a person on Tilak Marg, killing him

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