Greater Athens drink-driving crackdown paying off

[Handout/Hellenic Police]

A months-long run against drink-driving connected Greek roads appears to beryllium paying off, with little than 1% of drivers precocious stopped successful the Greater Athens portion failing a breathalyser test, according to constabulary information published Monday.

Meanwhile, different constabulary figures indicated that a much caller thrust to enforce bid connected riders of e-scooters is yielding results, so acold successful the signifier of fines alternatively than greater respect for the road code.

Traffic constabulary successful the Greater Athens portion tested 23,095 motorists for their humor intoxicant contented betwixt May 14-18 and each but 211, oregon 0.9%, were recovered beneath the ineligible bounds – with 13 radical so drunk that they were arrested.

At the aforesaid time, traffic constabulary imposed 4,710 fines for speeding, moving reddish lights, driving while talking successful the telephone and different violations.

Meanwhile, a targeted cognition against traffic violations by e-scooter riders successful the Greater Athens portion betwixt May 11-17 saw 420 radical stopped and 243 fined for not wearing mandatory clang helmets. Another six were fined for drink-driving and 1 for tampering with the vehicle to summation its top speed.

The blimpish authorities overhauled the road codification past year to present overmuch higher fines and stricter penalties for motorists caught commiting cardinal offenses such arsenic drink-driving, moving reddish lights and speeding. 

This was accompanied by a traffic constabulary crackdown to enforce the caller codification whose unprecedented duration and determination has led to a visible betterment successful motorists’ behavior.