The State Traffic Inspectorate announced mass inspections of drivers on the roads

On Friday and the last weekend of August, the State Traffic Inspectorate will conduct massive and continuous checks of drivers, special attention will be paid to identifying motorists driving while intoxicated. The upcoming raids were announced on August 29 by the regional departments of the department.

Traffic police will carry out preventive measures on roads in Penza, Tver, Ryazan, Ulyanovsk, Chelyabinsk, Kirov, Smolensk, Tambov regions and other regions of the country.

On the eve of the weekend, the State Traffic Inspectorate warns drivers against driving while intoxicated. Mass checks on Russian roads to identify motorists who have got behind the wheel drunk are carried out regularly on weekends by traffic police.

"We kindly ask citizens who see that the car is being driven by a driver in an inadequate condition to report this to the police. This call can save someone's life. Employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate will definitely take all necessary measures to respond to such reports," Police Colonel Anton Belan, deputy head of the propaganda department of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Russian Interior Ministry, told Izvestia.

Driving under the influence of alcohol, as well as refusing a medical examination, entail the deprivation of a driver's license for a period of one and a half to two years and a heavy fine. In addition, in some cases, the driver faces criminal liability for these acts, the State Traffic Inspectorate recalled.

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