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Drunken driving
Inebriated drivers may get a rude awakening from their drunken stupor if the traffic police have their way.
After being detained for a night and produced in court for drunken driving, the traffic police are now mulling the option of pressing the courts for handing out imprisonment to the offenders.
The Motor Vehicle Act has a clause that enables handing down imprisonment as punishment for drunken driving and with the increase in drunken driving, police want to instil a sense of fear among violators.
"Section 185 of the M V Act, 1988, has a provision for imprisonment or fine extending up to Rs 2,000 or both as punishment for drunken driving," additional commissioner of police (traffic) A K Khan said on Tuesday.
According to the section, driving under the influence of alcohol above the permissible limits attracts 'imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine, may extend to Rs 2,000 or with both for first-time offenders.
If the person commits the offence again within three years of the first offence, the term of imprisonment can be extended to two years or with a fine extending to Rs 3,000 or both, Khan said.
With an increase in the number of drunken driving cases, police are now planning to press the court for extending imprisonment in 'serious cases', where the violators behave violently with officials when caught.
Meanwhile, six motorists caught driving under the influence of alcohol were detained and produced in court during the special weekend drive.
Since Sunday night, the traffic police started detaining drunk motorists and were produced in court.
"There is a need for a focussed drive on all the days as the rate of accidents due to drunken driving is on the rise. However, the staff crunch is stopping us from enforcing it in an effective manner," Khan said.
The traffic police have identified 43 junctions in the city which are witnessing self-inflicting accidents by drunken drivers. However, police are able to take up a special drive at four to six junctions each on three days of week.
Meanwhile, the traffic police have asked for 20 more breath analysers to effectively check drunken driving.
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