Per week-long drive by the Bengaluru visitors police to detect drunken driving within the metropolis has resulted within the registration of 314 instances. The police have additionally registered 222 instances of rushing through the week.
“The Bengaluru visitors police carried out a particular drive from 21.10.2024 to 27.10.2024, towards drivers/riders driving/driving their autos drunk. The drive was carried out throughout the town, in all visitors police stations,” the visitors police mentioned.
“The particular drive was aimed to curb the menace of drunken driving and guarantee street security… The visitors police will proceed to conduct such drives to implement visitors guidelines and rules,” the visitors police mentioned in an announcement on the pre-Diwali drive.
Below the Bengaluru visitors police norms, if a driver/rider is caught driving a automobile with a studying of greater than 30 millilitre of alcohol per 100 ml of blood, they’re thought-about to be driving drunk.
A primary offence of drunken driving results in a nice of Rs 10,000 or imprisonment of as much as six months or each. Subsequent offences result in a nice of Rs 15,000 or imprisonment as much as two years or each. The fines for drunken driving need to be paid in courtroom.
