Circulated for six miles in the opposite direction stipulated
Doubling the maximum BAC limit for driving
The Meritorious has enjoyed the cooperation of the local police in Bullas
The Civil Guard Murcia has arrested an individual, Spanish and 28, on suspicion of reckless driving offenses and driving under the influence of alcohol, driving after detecting a passenger the wrong way on the highway Northwest, and also made it under the influence of alcohol, endangering the lives and physical integrity of other road users at risk.
The performances took place after civil guards specialize in preventing public safety, patrolling the RM-15 motorway, which runs between the towns of Sewer and Caravaca de la Cruz, at the height of Bullas, observed a vehicle was traveling on reserved to the road traffic to Caravaca de la Cruz but Sewer direction, so that a device was set to warn the driver of the anomalous circulation in order to to stop and thus avoid greater evils.
Device agents Local Police joined Bullas.
The driver, after circulation for six miles in the opposite direction and realize their reckless driving, made a sudden change of direction and continued his march sense Caravaca de la Cruz, in the right way now.
Monitoring by patrols for him to stop his march, with acoustic and optical repeated that were overlooked by the driver warnings, finished five miles later after being stopped.
After stopping tourism, the Civil Guard and local police Bullas identified the driver, who showed obvious signs of intoxication, so they required the presence of a Computer Atestados Sector Traffic Murcia, who underwent the mandatory test alcohol, which yielded a positive result of 0.59 milligrams of alcohol per liter of breath, proceeding to his arrest on suspicion of reckless driving offenses and to do so under the influence of alcohol.
Fortunately, the rapid and coordinated action by the Civil Guard patrols and the local police has prevented the occurrence of a traffic accident in unpredictable results, as happened on 22 September, at kilometer 18 of the highway in which one person died and three others were injured in varying degrees.
This type of crime, is enshrined in the Criminal Code and is punishable by imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years and the deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and motorcycles for over 1 year and up to 6 time.
During 2013, the streets of Murcia have been several episodes of driving on the motorway in the opposite direction, in which the immediate intervention of the Civil Guard has been crucial to ensure road safety and physical integrity of affected road users, and have culminated in the arrest and bringing to justice of those responsible.
January 5, 2013, Mediterranean motorway AP-7, circulated in the opposite direction for over 17 miles in the opposite direction.
May 25, 2013, Altiplano Highway A-33, ran in the opposite direction over 25 kilometers in the opposite direction.
June 13, 2013, Highway Alhama Golf Cartagena-RM-2, transited over 23 miles in the opposite direction.
August 14, 2013, Highway Alhama Golf Cartagena-RM-2, made more than 24 miles in the opposite direction.
September 22, 2013, Northwest Highway RM-15, drove 2.6 miles in the opposite direction.
In each case your drivers were under the influence of alcohol and / or under the influence of drugs or other prohibited substances incompatible with driving.
The Civil Guard wants to appeal to citizen collaboration to the high danger posed by highway traffic in the opposite direction stipulated, that as soon as it detects one of these situations urgently reminded to mobile 112 (emergencies) or 062 (Guardia Civil), also advising that wherever possible and safe for overtaking, use the right lane of the carriageway of highways and motorways, as those who drive the wrong way on these types of roads typically use the left lane to believe circulating a gifted conventional one lane road in each direction.
During this week, from 9 to 15 December, the Civil Guard Murcia intensify alcohol tests and drugs, within the established nationally by the DGT campaign in order to raise public awareness of the incompatibility of these substances in the driving of vehicles.
The detainee and the proceedings have been brought before the Court of First Instance and of Mula (Murcia).
Source: Ministerio del Interior