"Sober driver" in Lubuskie. During the week, 13,3 thousand people were checked. drivers

The "Sober Driver" campaign has already spread throughout the Lubuskie Voivodeship. As a result, the police checked 13,3 thousand people for sobriety in a week. drivers. The action began on July 1, 2012 in Zielona Góra and continues.

The first check in connection with the activities of the "Sober Driver" was carried out at the address: st. Konstytucji 3 Maja July 1, 2012 Drivers were surprised. They thought the police were searching the cars. Meanwhile, they blew on instruments that showed in a few seconds whether the driver was drunk before getting behind the wheel.

On al. Then Konstytucji 3 Maja was caught by two drivers. At the time, both drivers exhaled about 0,4 ppm of alcohol. In total, four drunk drivers and one in a state of drug intoxication were detained during the night.

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The actions of a "sober driver" are included in the traffic calendar on an ongoing basis. Sebastian Banaszak, then Chief of Police in Zielona Góra, is today First Deputy Chief of Police in the Lubusz Voivodeship.

The action picked up pace quickly. Sobriety tests were carried out several times a week. Each time on a different street and at a different time of day. The results were horrendous. The norm was to arrest five to eight drunk driving per share. The day when on al. The union came up with 13 drunk drivers. The police did not give up. By the end of 2012, sobriety tests were completed with record results.

To the surprise of drivers, in 2013 "Sober driver" became the norm. Checks were still carried out several times a week. However, over time, the number of detained drunk drivers began to decrease. And this is still the case today. With one change. The activities of the Sober Driver, as can be seen from police reports, are already underway throughout the voivodship. Only in the last week, the police in Lubuska checked the sobriety of 13,3 thousand people. drivers. “Thanks to their work, 37 drunk drivers were detained during this time,” Podom says. Slavomir Konechny, spokesman for the Lubusz police.

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Quick checks are possible because roadsides are equipped with simple and reliable Alkobl instruments. The sobriety test takes only a few seconds. - Uniforms know that in order to talk about the effectiveness of an undertaking, it is necessary to constantly change the place and time of control. Therefore, there is no single rule. We will meet police patrols as often on weekends as in the middle of the week, on main roads and on local streets, at noon and in the evening, writes Podom. Necessary.

Using the example of Zielona Gora, we can say that drivers, knowing that a police car may appear in different places, in many cases stop taking risks and do not drive while intoxicated. The chance to control sobriety is very high.

– It is important to note that where regular checks are carried out systematically, such cases are rare. Therefore, in Zielona Góra or Gorzów, they do not happen as often as in small towns, says Podom. Necessary. 

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