Near 8pm on February 28, 2023, when darkness filled the streets of Gia Nghia City, Dak Nong province, it was time for restaurants and sidewalk bars to “attract” guests. This is also the time when officers and soldiers of the Traffic Police Department (Traffic Police) of the Provincial Police, the Mobile Police Department and the Gia Nghia City Police are “launched” to patrol, control and handle tasks. Violation of alcohol concentration for vehicle drivers participating in traffic on traffic routes in Gia Nghia city.
Many cases of concentration violations have been resolutely dealt with by the traffic police force
Present at the alcohol testing team at the beginning of Hai Ba Trung Street, Residential Group 10, Nghia Thanh Ward, Gia Nghia City, we recorded all cases of driving cars and motorbikes passing here. The officers and soldiers of the Working Group gave signals to slow down, stop the vehicle, and check the alcohol concentration.
One of the first people asked to stop the car for inspection was Mr. VHN in Gia Nghia City. When asked to test the alcohol content, Mr. N left the gas station area to evade the inspection of the functional force. After the staff campaigned Mr. N voluntarily complied with the alcohol test. Mr. N’s alcohol concentration measurement was below 0.25mg/1 liter of breathing air. Immediately after Mr. N presented the papers, the functional force verified that Mr. N was an official working in a ward in Gia Nghia city. The working group made a record of handling alcohol content violations with a fine of between VND 6 million and VND 8 million, vehicle impoundment and driving license revoked for 10 to 12 months.
Dak Nong Police Force established many working groups to strengthen alcohol testing for vehicle drivers participating in traffic in Gia Nghia City.
Next, the case of Mr. NVH in Gia Nghia city, driving a motorbike, violated the concentration with a level of over 0.4mg/1 liter of breathing air. When asked about the violation, Mr. H said, after coming home from work, he had a few drinks with a group of friends. A few days earlier, Dak Nong traffic police also fined 5.5 million dong for violating alcohol content and had the vehicle impounded.
Also in the night, at more than 10 pm, we were present with another working group on patrolling and controlling alcohol concentration at Ton Duc Thang street, residential group 1, Nghia Trung ward. Here we noted that there are quite a few pubs and karaoke shops with quite a few customers. When seeing the inspection team, some diners “entrenched” at the restaurant, quite a few cases left their cars at the shop to call a taxi to pick them up, in some cases asked relatives to drive the car back, and one walking number.
In order to control alcohol content violations more closely, the traffic police force organized mobile patrols with specialized motorbikes, thereby detecting and handling records, cases that did not go through the checkpoint.
For example, in the case of Mr. PV B in Gia Nghia City, driving a car with a strong smell of alcohol. Mr. B’s test results violated the alcohol concentration of 0.426 mg/liter of breathing air. Through verification, it is known that Mr. B is an official of Dak Glong district. For this violation, Mr. B will be fined from VND 30 million to VND 40 million, have his vehicle impounded and have his driving license revoked from 22 to 24 months.
With a high determination to handle violations through the night, from 19:00 to 24h on February 28, 2023, the Working Groups of the Traffic Police Department, Mobile Police and Gia Nghia City Police force detected and handled them. There were nearly 20 cases of alcohol violations, including 5 cases of car drivers and 2 cases of vehicle drivers violating alcohol concentration as officials and party members. For the two cases of cadres and party members, the traffic police force will send a written notice of violation to the agency or unit where these people work and live for handling according to regulations.
Comrade Nguyen Van Hoang, Deputy Captain of the Traffic Police and Information Team of Gia Nghia City Police, added that handling alcohol violations is often more difficult than other violations due to the awareness and behavior of alcohol and beer users. The behavior is not really standard, in some cases there is also an abusive and hostile attitude. However, with a high sense of responsibility, the task force must analyze and propagate so that violators better understand the consequences associated with the violation of using alcohol and beer to drive vehicles in traffic. . For cases of deliberate non-cooperation and resistance to law enforcement officers, the functional forces will organize video recordings and invite witnesses to strictly handle the subject in accordance with the law.
People very much agree and support the Dak Nong Police force to resolutely handle violations of alcohol concentration with vehicle drivers participating in traffic.
According to Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Xuan Duc, Head of Gia Nghia City Police, determining that the behavior of vehicle drivers participating in traffic when using alcohol or alcoholic beverages is the cause of serious traffic accidents. serious, threatening people’s lives and other violations of the law. Gia Nghia City Police has been effectively implementing patrolling, controlling and strictly handling violations of traffic order and safety, in which coordination with the traffic police force of the Provincial Public Security and Police Mobilize to strengthen and strictly handle violations of alcohol concentration with the motto “no forbidden zones, no exceptions”.
Along with Gia Nghia city, police of districts in Dak Nong province have coordinated to establish working groups to strengthen patrolling, control and strictly handle cases of alcohol violation when participating in traffic. Contributing to a change in the awareness of obeying the Road Traffic Law among all classes of people in order to prevent and reduce traffic accidents, to build a culture of “If you drink alcohol, don’t drive”.