Over 100 drivers have been brought to criminal responsibility for drunk driving in the Vitebsk region since the beginning of the year

October 28, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. Since the beginning of the current year, 115 drivers in the Vitebsk region have been brought to criminal responsibility for driving while intoxicated, Vladimir Bonadysenko, commander of the traffic patrol service battalion of the traffic police department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate, told a BELTA correspondent. In total, this year, the battalion's traffic patrol service officers detained 1106 drivers in the region who were driving while intoxicated. The traffic police do not ignore drunk pedestrians either. During the republican campaign "Pedestrian," which started on October 21, more than 300 drunk pedestrians, who endangered themselves and drivers, were removed from the roadway, and over 400 pedestrians were brought to administrative responsibility. According to the traffic police department of the internal affairs directorate, since the beginning of the current year, 143 road traffic accidents have been recorded in the region, 9 of which were committed by road users while intoxicated. These accidents claimed the lives of 6 people, and another 148 were injured. The largest number of drunk drivers are detained on the last days of the week - from Friday to Sunday. Article 317-1 of the Criminal Code of Belarus for driving a vehicle by a person in a state of intoxication, transferring control of a vehicle to such a person, or refusing to undergo an examination provides for punishment in the form of deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities with a fine, or correctional labor for up to two years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities, or arrest for up to six months with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities.-0-