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He is credited with authorship of the alleged offenses of reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol
Such recklessness seriously jeopardizes the lives and physical integrity of road users
The Civil Guard in the region of Murcia has arrested this morning the driver of a car for driving over 32 km in contrast to that established by the A-7 up to the town of Lorca sense.
He is credited with authorship of the alleged offenses of reckless driving, putting at serious risk the lives and safety of other road users, and driving under the influence of alcohol because, after being subjected to a breathalyzer test , has quadrupled the maximum allowable rate.
About two in the morning today, day 25, the Guardia Civil in Almeria alerted its counterpart in Murcia that a Patrol Detachment traffic Huercal-Overa (Almería) had detected a passenger traveling on the highway A-7 Murcia sense, but on the road reserved for Almería sense.
Also reported that it had begun monitoring in order to stop it.
Immediately, the Traffic Sector Murcia ordered the activation of variable message panels on the highway to warn of this dangerous situation for drivers traveling on the affected route.
In parallel, a patrol Detachment Traffic Lorca, by optical signaling and special acoustics of official vehicle and installation of portable signs, made the cut and diversion of traffic sense Almería to the N-340, in order were mobilized prevent accidents in this situation.
Shortly after the result and the device, the policemen managed to stop the offending vehicle, a passenger car driven by a man of 35 years and Ecuadorian nationality, presenting clear and obvious under the influence of alcohol symptoms.
The mandatory breathalyzer tests subsequently conducted by the Task Team Atestados Traffic Lorca yielded a rate of 0.93 and 0.98 mg. / L of alcohol in exhaled air, so we proceeded to arrest responsible for the facts as alleged perpetrator of the crimes of reckless driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.
The detainee has been available to the Court of Instruction No. 3 of Lorca (Murcia).
The vehicle was seized and taken to the impound of Lorca, where it also became available to the judicial authority.
The offense of reckless driving is enshrined in the Criminal Code, and may be punished with imprisonment ranging from 6 months to 2 years and deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and motorcycles for longer than one year and up to six.
Meanwhile, driving under the influence of alcohol and in any case, with rates higher than 0.60 mg / l.
alcohol breath testing has identified alternatives imprisonment from 3 to 6 months, a fine of 6 to 12 months to work on behalf of the community of 31 to 90 days, and the suspension of the right to drive for longer time than one year and up to four years.
This year, the streets of Murcia, there have been several episodes of driving on the motorway in the opposite direction in which the intervention of the Civil Guard has helped to ensure road safety and physical integrity of the users affected roads, which have culminated in the arrest and bringing to justice of those responsible:
February 15, 2014, RM-19 highway (tm San Javier), arrested circulated in the opposite direction for more than 6 kilometers, tripling the BAC.
May 17, 2014, A-91 (tm Puerto Lumbreras), the driver ran in the opposite direction over 16 kilometers, with obvious signs of lack of medical fitness to drive.
May 29, 2014, A-30 (tm Ulea), the detainee caused an accident when driving in the opposite direction, further quadrupled the BAC.
The accident forced him to cut off circulation for five hours.
The Civil Guard wants to appeal to citizen collaboration to the high danger posed by highway traffic in the opposite direction stipulated, that, as soon as they detect one of these situations, urgently reminded to mobile 112 (emergencies) or 062 ( Civil Guard), also advising that, wherever possible and safe for overtaking, use the right lane of the carriageway of highways and motorways, as those who drive the wrong way on these types of roads typically use the left channel believing that provided by a conventional circulating one lane road in each direction.
The arrested, the vehicle involved and the proceedings have been brought before the Court of Instruction No. 3 of Lorca (Murcia).
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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