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Interior Ministry approved a new procedure for identifying drunk drivers - "Instruction on the procedure to identify the drivers of vehicles signs of alcohol, drugs or other intoxication", approved by the joint order ¹1452/735

24.11.2015

According  new Instruction on the procedure to identify the drivers sign of alcohol or drugs eliminated the inconsistencies in the legislation arising from the commencement of the law "On the national police", as well as the elimination of the traffic police. The document lists the signs of intoxication, and also describes the procedure for viewing the state of alcoholic intoxication and clearance of police of the results.

 

Major changes in the instructions boil down to the fact that the examination of vehicle drivers for alcohol, narcotic or other intoxication, as well as the presentation of results of the survey are now carried no traffic police officers and police commissioners. According to the document, the following signs of alcohol intoxication, giving grounds for the inspection of the driver:

  • smell of alcohol from the mouth
  • impaired coordination of movement
  • speech violation
  • pronounced trembling fingers
  • a sharp change in facial skin color cover
  • behavior that does not meet conditions

The following signs of drug or other intoxication is also indicated, as well as being under the influence of drugs that reduce the rate of the reaction:

  • the presence of one or more signs of the state of alcoholic intoxication (except the smell of alcohol from the mouth)
  • constricted or dilated pupils not reacting to light
  • slowness or vice versa, increased activity or walking mobility, as well as speech
  • redness of the face or unnatural pallor
  • Examines the state of intoxication allowed the police, who have special ranks on the spot to stop the vehicle with the use of special technical devices permitted for use by the Ministry of Health and Derzhspozhyvstandart. Also inspect health care facilities may be a doctor (in the countryside, at the doctor's absence - Paramedic obstetric points, specially trained).

Before inspecting the police must inform the driver on the use of technical means and, at the request being inspected, to provide a certificate, and a certificate of calibration device. Inspection on-site stop the vehicle is carried out in the presence of two witnesses. Drunk is a person who has revealed more than 0.2 per mille of alcohol in the blood.

If the driver refused to undergo testing in place to stop the vehicle, does not agree with the results of the inspection conducted by the police, such an examination is carried out in the nearest health institution with the right to carry out appropriate checks. In the event of an accident with injured or dead people, participants of the event are required to be tested in a medical institution.

Instructions on the procedure for signs of alcohol intoxication and the other drivers.

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 Penalty up to 40 thousand UAH for drunk driving is entering in Ukraine

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ORDER ¹1452/735 "On approval of Instruction on the procedure of detection for drivers of vehicles signs of alcoholic, narcotic or other intoxication or being under the influence of drugs, reducing the attention and reaction speed"

  

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