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Driving under the influence of alcohol is a major cause of accidents, hence, periodically, the General Traffic Directorate, in collaboration with the local police in Cartagena, perform road safety campaigns which will lead to After these dates are held the traditional Christmas dinner.
Thus, from 12 to 18 December, conducted breath tests in the morning, afternoon and evening in the main city streets and in neighborhoods and county where the local police detachments in each area, as La Manga, Well Strait, El Algar, aches and Aljorra, made their respective controls.
This campaign is in addition to the local police has been carrying out throughout the year to improve road safety in the municipality, such as the Safe Crossing, Use of Mobile or the proper use of safety belt and Systems approved child restraint.
ALCOHOL LIKE TO ACCIDENTS
Clinical studies on the effects of alcohol on driving, ranging from decreased mental acuity and the ability to trial until serious problems of coordination, are fully endorsed by the statistics of the nearly five million alcohol tests performed annually.
They found that, besides being associated with a higher accident rate, a clear impact on the greater severity of accidents and increased mortality.
Thus, before a positive test rate of 1.8% in random preventive controls, this rate increases to 5.6% in tests because of an accident, and even the shocking figure of 31% in the toxicology tests conducted by the National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences drivers killed in traffic accident in 2010.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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