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He threw a positive result of 0.84 and 0.90 mg.
Of alcohol per liter of exhaled air, the maximum being 0.15 mg.
For professional drivers
He drove a articulated vehicle of 40 tons from Fuente Álamo to El Ejido (Almería), to load vegetables to another European country
The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia has intercepted and stopped on the A-7 motorway, while passing through the municipality of Puerto Lumbreras, the driver of an articulated vehicle of 40 tons by sextuplicating the maximum BAC permitted for professional drivers.
The events took place during the afternoon of last Saturday, May 20, when the Traffic Sector's central station was alerted by several drivers that a large vehicle was traveling on the A-7 highway irregularly, with oscillating movements and Successive zig-zag lane changes.
Immediately established the timely service device that culminated when a patrol of traffic motorists located and intercepted the articulated vehicle at the height of the kilometer 660 of the highway A-7, obtaining, in spite of the anomalous conduction with oscillating movements of one of them To another lane, take it off the road to an authorized place.
Once off the road and road safety guaranteed, the driver of the articulated vehicle, Spanish, 53 years old and neighbor of Murcia was subjected to mandatory breath tests in which he produced a positive result of 0.84 and 0, 90 milligrams of alcohol per liter of exhaled air, in each of the statutory tests that were practiced, thus multiplying the maximum permissible rate of 0.15 mg / liter in the case of professional drivers.
The truck driver, who was moving from Fuente Alamo to the town of El Ejido in order to load the vegetable vehicle and then moved to a third European country, was arrested as an alleged perpetrator of driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages , By exceeding by far the established rates, being made available to the Court of Instruction number 7 of Lorca (Murcia), to hold the corresponding fast trial.
Given the high alcohol content, the vehicle was immobilized at the place of its stop, the municipality of Puerto Lumbreras (Murcia), due to the dangerous nature of the traffic of a heavy vehicle in these conditions and the loss of reflexes that The influence of alcohol supposes, until the company owner of the same displaced that same afternoon another driver who, after verifying that he was qualified and met the appropriate conditions, was able to remove the vehicle to continue the projected trip, then lifting the precautionary measure.
The crime of driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages, with rates above 0.60 milligrams / liter, is contained in article 379 of the Penal Code and can be punished alternately with prison sentences of 3 to 6 months, a fine of 6 To 12 months, or works for the benefit of the community from 31 to 90 days and in any case with deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for a time greater than 1 and up to 4 years.
The Civil Guard reiterates its message to those drivers who in a reckless and reckless way, despite the campaigns and warnings of the General Directorate of Traffic (DGT), drive after drinking or taking drugs, remembering that, without prejudice to the systematic Regular or special preventive checks, which will be intensified in view of the coming summer season, compulsory tests of alcohol and drugs will be made to all drivers who are denounced for the commission of infractions, involvement in accidents or those in which Detect its consumption in the course of other monitoring and inspection activities that are carried out.
These actions have the purpose of making citizens aware of the incompatibility of these substances with driving, given the reduction of reflexes and capacities that control vehicles, and thus guarantee road safety on our roads, avoiding, from this Form, the production of traffic accidents and the serious consequences, as in this case could have led to the use of collective means of transport or alternative formulas for these movements that do not get behind the wheel under these conditions, Of younger drivers.
Likewise, the Traffic Group of the Civil Guard remembers that during the week of June 5 to 11 a special campaign of control of alcohol and drugs will be carried out within the schedule established by the DGT and the European Traffic Police Association TISPOL , With the aim of reducing the awareness of drivers of the danger of driving under the effects of these substances and their direct impact on the production of accidents.
On the other hand, the Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia appreciates the inestimable citizen collaboration provided in this case by other drivers who were affected by the incidence and wants to appeal to the civic conscience of the population so that, without hesitation, as in this Case, notify the telephone 062 (Civil Guard) or 1-1-2 (Emergencies), when they encounter anomalous situations like this or irregular maneuvers that lead to think that the drivers do it under the influence of drugs or alcohol, with The purpose of being able to take the appropriate police measures so that these vehicles are intercepted and checked if their drivers are in the right conditions to move with safety guarantees, avoiding the consequent risk.
Also denounced for reckless driving
In addition, the arrested has also been reported to the Provincial Traffic Headquarters of Murcia for reckless driving, which entails an economic penalty of 500 euros and the deduction of 6 points of his driving license.
With this episode are already five cases of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol of large vehicles and tonnage intended for the transport of goods that have been intercepted by the Traffic Group of the Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia during the present Year 2017:
Kilometer 606 of the Mediterranean motorway, A-7 (Algeciras-Barcelona), rest area of ​​Alhama de Murcia, denounced the driver of an 18-ton truck of Spanish nationality, circulating having consumed cannabis.
Kilometer 810,250 of the AP-7 motorway, Crevillente-Vera section, near the village of La Palma, arrested the driver of an articulated vehicle of 40 tonnes, Spanish nationality, which quintupled the maximum BAC.
Km 97 of the A-30 motorway (Albacete-Cartagena), near the Venta del Olivo (Cieza), arrested the driver of a 40 ton articulated vehicle, Spanish nationality, which increased the maximum BAC.
Km. 0,000 of the RM-608 highway (Los Angeles A-7 Venta Los Angeles motorway), near Alhama de Murcia, the driver of a 32-ton truck of Spanish nationality was detained, which increased five times the maximum blood alcohol level.
To these cases the arrest is added, on May 17, 2017, at kilometer 582 of the A-7 motorway (Algeciras-Barcelona), Murcian hamlet of Sangonera la Seca, the driver of a bus, of Spanish nationality, Which carried 42 passengers and six times the maximum BAC.
More than 4,000 drivers checked during the weekend
During this weekend and in the different devices of verification of alcohol and drugs deployed, more than one hundred agents of the Traffic Group of the Region of Murcia have controlled a total of 4,127 drivers, of which 56 showed a positive result In alcohol (1.35%).
Among them, seven drivers have been arrested for road traffic offenses, which have been brought to justice, and the rest (49) have been charged with an administrative infraction (alcoholism) before the Provincial Headquarters Of Murcia traffic.
In these controls, 23 drivers have also been reported to the Provincial Traffic Headquarters for traffic, having taken drugs or narcotic substances that are prohibited and incompatible with the driving of vehicles (cocaine, cannabis and amphetamines).
A person has also been arrested for a crime against road safety, for driving without obtaining permission.
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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