The state traffic police announced mass checks of drivers

On Friday, November 22, and over the coming weekend, the State Automobile Inspectorate will conduct mass and continuous checks of drivers, with special attention being paid to the search for drunk drivers. The raids were announced by traffic police departments in Smolensk, Ryazan, Tver, Samara, Ulyanovsk regions, as well as in the Republic of Altai and other regions of the country.

On the eve of the weekend, the State Automobile Inspectorate reminds drivers of the inadmissibility of driving while intoxicated. Mass checks on Russian roads to identify drivers who sat behind the wheel after drinking alcohol are regularly carried out by traffic inspectors over the weekend.

"Do not remain indifferent, having seen on the road drivers who behave inadequately, drive drunk, create dangerous situations on the road - report such a traffic participant to the police. Employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate are ready to take all necessary measures to respond to such reports," said Deputy Head of the Department of Propaganda of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Police Colonel Anton Belan.

He reminded that, according to the current legislation, for driving a vehicle in a state of intoxication, as well as for refusal to undergo medical examination the driver faces deprivation of license for a period of one and a half to two years, as well as a fine of 30 thousand rubles.

"In case the driver, previously deprived of his license, drives a vehicle in a state of intoxication or refuses medical examination, he faces criminal liability in the form of a fine of 200-400 thousand rubles, up to 480 hours of compulsory labor or up to two years of forced labor," Belan noted in conversation with "Izvestia".

Earlier in the day, the Moscow State Automobile Inspectorate announced that it would conduct a raid to prevent traffic violations by couriers using personal mobility equipment (SIM) and bicycles. At the end of September, as a result of the raid on Muscovites who move on SIMs and bicycles, the traffic inspectors suppressed more than 750 violations of traffic rules.