New Year is welcomed with celebrations everywhere but during New Year’s celebration people are witnessed driving under the influence of liquor, resulting into accidents. With an aim to curb the number of accidents special arrangements have been made by the traffic police.
Traffic police have decided to deploy breath analysers at different squares and important places of the city. Special checking drive would be carried on December 31 from 6 pm to 2 o’ clock in the night.
According to the set standards if more than 30 milligrams of alcohol is detected in 100 ml of blood and if a driver under the influence of any drug is not able to control the vehicle, action under sections 185,112/183(1), 184 of Motor Vehicle Act. Such detainees would be arrested under section 202 of Motor Vehicle Act without warrant and their vehicle would be seized and produced before court under section 207 of Motor Vehicle Act.
Under the specified section guilty person would be fined upto Rs 2000 and a jail term for a period of 6 months and in case if the person is found guilty for the second time for the same offence the person would be fined upto 3000 and might be sentenced to a jail term for a period of 2 years.
Alcohol analyser detects the concentration of alcohol in the blood and based on the concentration change in the behavior could be observed in a person. Concentration in excess of 40 mg per 100 ml of blood would lead to death as the person loses control over senses and might ram the vehicle causing accident.