The State Traffic Inspectorate announced mass inspections of drivers in the regions

On Friday and weekends, from March 21 to March 23, the State Traffic Inspectorate will conduct massive and continuous checks of drivers, special attention will be paid to the search for drunk motorists. The upcoming raids were announced by the regional departments of the department.

Traffic police will carry out preventive measures on the roads of St. Petersburg, in Leningrad, Ulyanovsk, Tver, Ivanovo, Kirov, Penza, regions, Bashkiria and other regions of the country.

On the eve of the weekend, the State Traffic Inspectorate reminds drivers about the inadmissibility of driving under the influence of alcohol. "Continuous" checks on Russian roads to identify motorists who have got behind the wheel in a state of intoxication are carried out by traffic inspectors on an ongoing basis, the traffic police say.

"We urge citizens who have seen that the car is being driven by a driver in an inadequate condition, who by his actions threatens the safety of other road users, to report this to the police. Your 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 Sergei Hrantskevich, head of the Department for road Safety Promotion and Prevention of child traffic injuries at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, told Izvestia.

The State Traffic Inspectorate recalled that 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 department emphasizes.

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