As drunken driving cases rise, Cyberabad police book 126 persons

In view of the rising variety of drunken driving highway accidents, the Cyberabad Traffic police have resumed checking and booked 126 persons on July 3 night time.

“Once again it is noticed that many people are resorting to driving under the influence of alcohol without caring for the safety of themselves as well as the safety of other innocent road users,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Vijay Kumar S.M. mentioned.

It is worrying that a lot of the drunk drivers are extremely educated professionals, he mentioned.

The officer recalled the ghastly collision of an Audi automobile and an auto-rickshaw on June 27 through which the passenger travelling within the three-wheeler died on the spot close to Inorbit Mall.

In the same incident on the identical day in Premavathipet of Rajendranagar, a drunk youth recklessly drove a Toyota Innova automobile at a excessive pace, hitting a platform in entrance of a non-public residence severely injuring a girl sitting on the platform, Mr. Kumar mentioned.

In one other incident, an intoxicated biker and pillion rider hit a milk van close to Botanical backyard late night time on July 1, ensuing within the demise of the rider and extreme accidents to the pillion rider. Both of them weren’t sporting helmets.

“Many such accidents are being reported in recent times in Cyberabad. To curb the menace of drunken driving in the city, we booked 20,326 tippler drivers so far this year,” the DCP mentioned.

“Due to the pandemic, courts dealing with drunken driving cases have not been functioning. All these persons will be prosecuted once the courts resume dealing with such cases.”

The authentic driving license (DL) of all such offenders have been seized by the visitors police and despatched to the involved RTA for disqualification as per S. 206 learn with 19 of the MV Act.

“Persons whose DLs have been seized cannot drive any vehicle until they get back their DL after the disqualification period is over and after they complete the mandatory ‘Driver Refresher Training Course’ to be conducted by the Transport Department as per the provisions of the MV Act,” Mr. Kumar mentioned.

Any individual discovered driving any automobile in the course of the interval of disqualification might be booked underneath S. 182 MV Act, attracting a penalty of ₹10,000 and/or imprisonment of as much as 3 months, the Cyberabad visitors chief mentioned.

Those who trigger deadly accidents in a drunken situation are being booked for culpable murder not amounting to homicide as per S. 304 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), with imprisonment of as much as 10 years. Those who knowingly enable or accompany drunken drivers are prosecuted for the offense of abetting against the law as per S. 109 of the IPC and S. 188 of the MV Act.

“Stringent action as per relevant provisions of the law is being taken against all the persons indulging or abetting or aiding drunken driving,” Mr. Kumar mentioned.

Institutions and organisations such offenders work at are additionally being intimated in regards to the incident and urged to conduct highway security schooling to their staff, Mr. Kumar mentioned.

“Citizens must exhibit civic sense of staying safe and ensuring safety of fellow citizens. Self-discipline is a key factor in this aspect,” the officer added.