In view of increasing road accidents recently due to reckless driving by drunk drivers, massive checkings have been started in Cyberabad area to book people who are found driving under the influence of alcohol.
In the last 3 days (28- 30 Dec ), as many as 928 DD cases have been booked across Cyberabad.
Also, in the month of December, till now 3387 DD cases have been booked.
People of 21-40 age group were found to be involved more in this dangerous activity.
The DD cases u/s 185 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 have been booked against each one of them and all of them would be sent to Court in due time. A penalty of Rs. 10000 and/or imprisonment of upto 6 months for the first offence and a penalty of Rs. 15000 and/or imprisonment of upto 2 years for a second or subsequent offence.
Also, all their driving licenses will be seized and sent to concerned RTOs for suspension as per section 19 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.
For the first offence, the DL will be suspended for 3 months and for second and subsequent offences, the DL will be revoked permanently making the person ineligible to drive in India.
In this background, it is felt that the persons who drive under the influence of alcohol are like “terrorists on roads” to the extent that they may cause death of anyone indiscriminately.
Also, against all popular misconceptions, it is found that most of the drunk drivers are highly educated, employed persons. Shockingly, many of them have been to/stayed in some of the big cities like New York, Melbourne, Singapore, Dubai etc., where they would never think of committing any traffic rule violation. But, here in their home state, they indulge in these dangerous acts at the cost of safety of themselves and other innocent people on roads. This aspect needs self-introspection by the citizens.
Cyberabad Police urge citizens to exhibit seriousness and sense of self-discipline in following traffic rules always on all roads in view road safety.
