Anton Orlov, Director of the Institute for Contemporary Policy Studies, addressed the head of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Mikhail Chernikov, with a proposal to increase the period of deprivation of the right to drunken driving on highways. transmits RT with a link to the corresponding letter. He noted that the existing penalties do not meet the conditions of administrative offense. In one case, a drunk driver might get behind the wheel to pull the car into another parking lot, and in another case, he might get onto the highway and pose a serious danger to himself and others, the political scientist said.
“In this regard, I ask you to evaluate the feasibility of amending the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation from the point of view of hardening the sentence (imposing a fine of 60 thousand rubles by deprivation of the right to drive for a while). Between three and four years for driving to a drunk person on the road at a permissible speed of 100 km/h or transferring control of the vehicle to a drunk person”.
Previously reportedThat from May 1 to May 4, 2023, the capital’s traffic police brought to justice 239 drivers with signs of drunkenness.