Drunk drivers, under the influence of drugs or without a license, detected on the roads of Vrancea

The press office of IPJ Vrancea:

This weekend, the police officers from the Vrancea County Police Inspectorate acted throughout the county, in order to prevent traffic accidents caused by driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or psychoactive substances.

Several drivers were detected under the influence of alcohol or psychoactive substances. Criminal files were drawn up against them, the investigations being continued under the aspect of committing the crime of driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other substances, an act provided for and punished by the Criminal Code.

Without a license, he did not stop at the signal of the police

On April 26, at 03:27, the policemen of Section 5 of the Cotești Rural Police issued a legal stop signal to the driver of a car traveling in Cârligele commune, Blidari village.. The police team started following the car, with the acoustic and light signals in operation , and after a few hundred meters, the 17-year-old young man behind the wheel, who did not have a driver’s license for any vehicle category, was stopped.

Policemen of the 5th Section of the Cotești Rural Police continue the investigations in the criminal file prepared for the offense of driving a vehicle without a driver’s license.

Without a license and under the influence of psychoactive substances, detained by the police

On April 26, at 8:10 a.m., the police officers from the Focșani Municipality Police were alerted via SNUAU 112 regarding the fact that, on the County Road 205 C, a road accident resulted in the injury of a person. The police officers who went to the scene established the fact that, around 08.05, a 56-year-old man, while driving a van on an agricultural road outside the town of Cârligele, from the direction of Cârligele towards DJ 205C, at intersection with DJ 205 C, intended to cross the county road to enter another farm road.

The van driven by him was hit by a car traveling on DJ 205 C, from the direction of Golești to Vârteșcoiu, driven by a 36-year-old man. As a result of the road accident, the driver of the car was injured. Also, the police established the fact that the 36-year-old man did not have a valid driver’s license, having been canceled by a criminal sentence.

The man was tested with the device provided, revealing indications of the possible presence of psychoactive substances. We note that this is not evidence in the criminal case, the person being taken to a medical facility, for the collection of biological samples, in order to accurately establish the consumption of prohibited substances.

Following the administered probation, the person in question was ordered to be detained for a period of 24 hours, under the aspect of committing the crimes of culpable bodily harm, driving a vehicle without a driver’s license and driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other substances. On Saturday, April 27, he was presented to the magistrates, who ordered the measure of judicial control for a period of 60 days.

Also on Friday, April 26, at around 7:44 p.m., the officers of Section 4 of the Adjud Rural Police spotted a 48-year-old man driving a car in Homocea commune. The police tested him with the breathalyzer, which indicated a result of 0.84% ​​pure alcohol in the exhaled air. In the case, a criminal case was drawn up under the aspect of committing the crime of driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other substances

On April 27, at 3:40 p.m., the police officers of the Road Bureau stopped a car traveling on Brăilei Boulevard in the municipality of Focșani. The 34-year-old man behind the wheel was tested with the device provided, revealing indications of the possible presence of psychoactive substances.

We note that this is not evidence in the criminal case, the person being taken to a medical facility, for the collection of biological samples, in order to accurately establish the consumption of prohibited substances. In the case, he was in the criminal file under the aspect of committing the crime of driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other substances.

On Saturday, April 27, at 11:35 p.m., the policemen of the Gugești Rural Police Section 2 stopped a car driven by a 31-year-old man in traffic, in the commune of Gura Caliței.

Being tested with the breathalyzer, it indicated a result of 1.03 mg/l, pure alcohol in the exhaled air. A criminal case was filed in the case.

Last night (April 28 – no), at 03:27, the Road Service police officers stopped a car driven by a 37-year-old man from Paltin commune in traffic, on National Road 2 E85, in Popești commune, for exceeding the speed limit speed, in the 50 km/h speed limit zone. Since he exuded alcoholic breath, the police tested him with the breathalyzer, which indicated a value of 0.61 mg/l of pure alcohol in the exhaled air.

The man was taken to the hospital, where his biological samples were collected, in order to accurately determine his blood alcohol level. Investigations are being continued in a criminal case under the aspect of committing the crime of driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other substances.

Recommendations:

Do not get behind the wheel if you have consumed alcoholic beverages or psychoactive substances or if you do not have a driving license! Alcohol consumption reduces the ability to drive, reduces reaction speed, affects concentration and vision. The consumption of psychoactive substances induces a false confidence in one’s own senses, the driver irrationally taking risks in traffic.

Combined, psychoactive substances and alcohol significantly increase the risk of being involved in a road accident! If you have been drinking, take a taxi or ask someone to take you home! Don’t let your friends drive under the influence of alcohol or use drugs! Do not put your life at risk by getting into vehicles driven by people who do not have a driver’s license, are under the influence of alcohol or drugs!

Deputy Commissioner of Police Enache Paula