Portal de Cartagena
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The Local Police of Cartagena carried out between the 10 and 16 of December a Campaign of Surveillance and Control of alcohol and other drugs in the conduction, in which they have carried out 526 tests to drivers, with control points that were arranged by all the municipal term of Cartagena.
Throughout the campaign, in coordination with the Directorate General of Traffic, a total of 53 controls were made, in which 7 drivers showed a positive result in alcohol, two of them with processing of judicial proceedings, and another 6 drivers gave positive in other drugs.
The purpose of these blood alcohol controls is to make citizens aware that driving under the influence of alcohol increases braking distance and decreases the reaction time, reducing physical and mental abilities, being the cause of numerous traffic accidents.
In addition, from Local Police and the Directorate General of Traffic it is recalled that driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages, toxic drugs, narcotics or psychotropic substances is punishable by prison terms of three to six months or a fine of six to twelve months or work for the benefit of the community from thirty-one to ninety days, and, in any case, the deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for longer than one and up to four years.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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