The state traffic police announced mass checks of drivers

On Friday, December 20, and the last weekend of December, the State Automobile Inspectorate will conduct mass and continuous checks of drivers, special attention will be paid to the search for drunk motorists. Regional departments of the State Automobile Inspectorate announced about the upcoming raids.

Preventive measures will be held in Smolensk, Kirov, Samara, Ulyanovsk, Belgorod, Penza and Lipetsk regions 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.

"Seeing that a drunk person sat behind the wheel, behaving inadequately, creating dangerous situations on the road, do not remain indifferent - report it to the police. Employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate will certainly take all necessary measures to respond to such reports", - said "Izvestia" 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 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.

"If the driver, previously deprived of his license, drives a vehicle in a state of intoxication or refuses medical examination, then he, depending on the court decision, faces criminal liability: a fine of 200-400 thousand rubles, up to 480 hours of compulsory labor or up to two years of forced labor," - said Anton Belan.

Driving a vehicle while intoxicated is extremely dangerous and unacceptable in itself. And on the winter road, in icy conditions and poor visibility, drunk driving leaves not even the slightest chance for a successful completion of the trip and jeopardizes the lives of surrounding road users, Belan added.

Earlier in the day it was reported that the control of the presence of a valid CMTPL policy with the help of cameras photovideo fixation of violations in all regions of Russia is planned to be introduced from March 1, 2025, while fines in automatic mode drivers may begin to write out before the end of next year.

Also on Friday, it became known that the Federation Council approved at the plenary session of the law, which increases fines for a number of traffic violations, reduces the discount on payment of fines, and also introduces punishment for repeated driving without a MTPL policy.