Cyprus Paralimni Lawyers Warn Do Not Drink and Drive
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Lawyers in Paralimni – Studies- legal alcohol limit – Warn Do Not Drink and Drive completed on 22nd June 2010 Paralimni Lawyers
Cyprus has for many years suffered from drunk driver, and although the police do all they can, it does not deter these thoughtless individuals who continue to put other peoples life’s at risk.
The government are now making many changes in a hope to avoid many sad deaths and make the Cyprus roads safer.
The current legal amount of alcohol consumption allowed whilst if driving is equivalent to 1-1.5 glasses of beer or 1 glass of wine. The new government legislation will cut this by a 3rd and only allow for 0.5 glass of beer as the legal limit for drivers.
The government are also looking at introducing a new points system taken from the Spanish traffic law, which allows Cyprus law officials to deal out 12 points automatically if an offence occurs. The points can then be earned back over a period of 6 years. 2 points per year provided no other offences take place.
If further offences occur their driving licence will be taken away and a 6 month ban put in place and the driver must also retake their driving test to regain their licence.
It is widely thought that there should be a 0% tolerance to drink driving, no alcohol should be allowed at all whilst driving and a prison sentence given for repeat offenders.
Every time a person under the influence of alcohol gets behind a car wheel, it could be your daughter, son, your spouse or a parent losing their life to a drunk driver.
We therefore hope these changes are enough to deter drunk drivers and we appreciate the government’s efforts, but for those who have been killed by drunk drivers it is definitely not enough.
DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. IT IS NOT WORTH TAKING AN INNOCENT LIFE.
PUBLISHED BY A&G KOUZALI LAW OFFICE ON 22ND JUNE 2010. http://www.lawcyprus.org/
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