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The Local Police of Totana collaborates in a new special campaign that launches the Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) to control the rate of alcohol and presence of drugs in drivers, which will be held from today, 6 and until 12 June.
According to data from the DGT, alcohol is present as a contributory factor or trigger in a third of fatal accidents.
His presence on driving, depending on your rate, multiplied between 2 and 15 the risk of an accident.
Not only it is related to a higher accident rate, but also affects higher mortality, being a factor associated with a worse prognosis in injuries.
With a BAC of 1.5 grams per liter of air expired, the incidence rate of fatal accidents gravity is approximately 200 times greater than when it comes to drivers who have not consumed alcohol.
In this sense, the only safe rate is 0.00 milligrams per liter of air expired.
Also, alcohol is a risk to pedestrians, and road user who shares with others the public space, mainly in urban areas, which makes the participation of the municipalities in this campaign has a great importance.
Although the percentage of positives detected has dropped remarkably way the last decade, from 5.1 to 1.6 percent, the DGT has among its priorities get down 1 percent in positive blood alcohol preventive controls random.
Moreover, driving after consuming psychoactive substances is frequent in Spain, reaching 17 percent of Spanish drivers.
Apart from alcohol, almost 11 percent of people drive after consuming any substance that can affect the ability to drive safely.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Totana
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