The campaign is held between December 10 and 16 and is the latest special prevention initiative promoted by the Provincial Traffic Headquarters this year.
Almost half of the tests for the consumption of narcotics practiced on the roads of Murcia until November were positive
The Local Police of Totana adheres this week, specifically from yesterday and until next Sunday, to the special campaign on control of the rate of alcohol and presence of drugs in drivers that will be carried out this week due to the proximity of the Christmas holidays, promoted by the Provincial Traffic Headquarters and is the last special campaign of the year.
The campaign is focused on the control of the rate of alcohol and presence of drugs in which the Traffic Association of the Civil Guard and the Local Police of the Region will control about 6,000 drivers on the roads of the Region until the next 16 of December.
Between January 1 and August 16, 2018, 22% of those killed in traffic accidents in the Region of Murcia had drugs in the body, and another 22% alcohol in blood, a percentage that reached 3% in the case of presence of both substances in the organism, according to statistics of the Institute of Legal Medicine of the Region of Murcia.
During the January / November 2018 period, a total of 195,463 inter-urban alcohol tests were performed, resulting in 2,400 positives, representing 1.23% of the total, and 5,015 of drugs, with 2,093 positive results. , which represents 41.73% of the total.
The Provincial Traffic Authority reminds that drug controls are carried out among those drivers who, when stopped in a control, show evident symptoms of having consumed, so the percentage of positives is always high.
The only safe rate is 0.0, and the consumption of alcohol or drugs causes serious problems in our psychophysical conditions and worsens the attention, perception and coordination in the driver.
As the concentration of alcohol in the blood (BAC) increases in the driver, the accident incidence rate also increases.
The increase in the accident incidence rate that results from an increase in the BAC is progressive.
In comparison with a sober driver, the accident incidence rate of a driver with a BAC of 0.8 g / l (this being the legal limit in 3 of the 25 EU member states, in Spain is 0, 3 g / l), is 2.7 times greater than that of a sober driver.
When a driver has a BAC of 1.5 g / l, his accident incidence rate is estimated to be 22 times higher than that of a sober driver.
