UP Police: Allahbad: इलाहाबाद में अब शराब पीकर गाड़ी चलाने वालों की खैर नहीं..

ALLAHABAD: It would surely be a hall of shame for those being caught by khaki clad on the charges of drunken driving as their names along with address would be enrolled in drunken driving registers with traffic police personnel after issuing a challan . The police officials with an aim to check increasing cases of drunken driving, have cracked a whip against tipsy drivers acting tough against them from February 19. Interestingly, traffic police officials would also offering assistance to those who are willing to quit drunken driving by taking them to social organisations working in the same regard. After acknowledging that 397 out of 877 road mishap deaths were occurred in allahabad region in 2010 due to drunken driving, the cops have also come with a new slogan dont drive when your are drunk . This seems to be the latest mantra taken up by traffic and thana police and special squads have been formed to check the cases of heavy vehicle drivers on highways. Police officials ,however ,claim that after consuming liquor , the judgement power of the drivers gets impaired a threat to road safety. Due to its effects, driver tends to take more risks, becomes more aggressive and takes a longer reaction time. It has been well established that the relative probability of causing crash increases with the rising blood alcohol levels.

Last year, a total 877 persons were killed in road mishaps and more than 945 others sustained injuries in the region. While traffic police authorities claim , drunken driving is customary in commercial vehicle drivers , private car owners and youngsters are also major players in the game. Small liquor shops along the national and state highways are of prime concern to control drunken driving and to make the matter more worse, the gamble of destiny is that, traffic cops are not well equipped with the necessary equipments required to introduce checks on driving at every check point. Experts claim that the country has laws to check the drunken driving but its effective implementation is still to be worked upon. The Motor Vehicle act -1939 has a clause which states that driving by a drunk person shall be punishable at the first offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with a fine which many extend to Rs 2,000 or both. As per law, drinking and driving was not allowed to be mixed up, but its amendment in 1994 ,an amount upto 30mg per 100 ml of blood has been permitted to a driver. Talking to TOI , Superintendent of police , traffic , Uday Shankar Jaiswal said we have constituted teams equipped with breath analyzers who would be carrying out surprise checks to check the cases of tipsy driving. The teams have been instructed to conduct medical test of driver and he was found guilty, he would not only challaned but his name would be enrolled in drunken driving registers. He added that a tipsy driver is a potential killer as he cannot perform his tasks without risks and endangers road safety. Drunken driving, an illegal act should be governed by strict laws which entail not only levying hefty fines or revocation of license , but also prosecution, same as a criminal offense. Through the department has no data of persons being penalised on the charges of drunken driving ,the department had issued over 13,000 challans to the defaulters on same cause.