During the New Year holidays, traffic police and employees of the Ministry of Health will impose “extremely strict” control over the level of alcohol among drivers. It has been announced press service of the traffic police.
The press service said, “On New Year’s holidays, extremely strict supervision will be exercised by the employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate and experts from the Ministry of Health on the sobriety of drivers.” Examinations when even the slightest sign of intoxication is noticed.”
The department also talked about organizing additional studies to conduct a quick medical examination.
According to the data provided, in 2023 more than 500 traffic accidents occurred in Russia, in which more than 80 people, six of whom were children, died.
Alcohol testing from March 1 in Russia it could be conduct without witnesses. According to a government-approved document, if a traffic cop suspects a driver is drunk, he can now be examined in the presence of two witnesses or using videotape. The reason for the examination will be the smell of alcohol emanating from the driver, imbalance, change in facial skin color and speech disorder.