Santomera Local Police has about 200 sobriety checkpoints during the campaign of awareness and control of alcohol launched by the Traffic Department on the occasion of Christmas.
Specifically, from day 13 until 19 December, have been 193 the number of tests of drivers in the town, and only 2% tested positive.
Thus, in the number of inspections carried out of breath and with positive results have been five people have been fined.
One of them was stopped for exceeding the rate of 0.60 milligrams per liter of breath, or 1.2 milligrams per liter of blood.
This person has committed a crime against road safety and has a term of imprisonment of three to six months or a fine of six to twelve months and work on behalf of the Community.
The remaining four, exceeded the rate of 0.25 which shall be the withdrawal of six points and were punished with 500 euros.
This campaign is about a measure taken because of the holidays, a period in which drinking increases as a result of rising food and celebration dinners.
So, whether expressly appealed to drivers and the general public not to cogieran the car after drinking or stop anyone from doing so.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Santomera