#Traffic safety 🍷🚫
In the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, 18.5% of fatal accidents are due to excessive alcohol consumption. These deaths could have been avoided if all drivers strictly adhered to the legal blood alcohol limit while driving.pic.twitter.com/pdQWznbtjG

— Prefect of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes et Rhône (@prefetrhone) December 23, 2022

It is not necessary for everyone to know this, but it is strictly forbidden to meet blind drunk on a public road. You don’t have to go to Polytechnic to understand that this is obviously very dangerous for you and others, especially if you get behind the wheel. But it does not necessarily seem very clear to everyone, and especially to the person we are talking about today. Because the least we can say is that he would have been better off staying home this evening of January 7-8. But let’s tell in more detail to understand what happened that day.

#Operational smile :
Breathalyzers being distributed this afternoon by EDSR49 constables to educate motorists about the dangers of drink driving this festive season.⁰#Who Goes, Who Doesn’t Drink⁰#SamEngaged pic.twitter.com/fHZKSsFLCZ

– Gendarmerie of Maine and Loire (@Gendarmerie_049) December 23, 2022

The mistake went wrong

This story happened just a few days ago in Havre, Normandy. That night, a heavily intoxicated man wandered the streets, probably looking for a car to take him home. Then he came across a parked car with its hazard lights on. Then the man decides to open the door and get on board, the operation is complicated by his more than obvious state of intoxication. The problem is not a taxi, but the car of a father who is just waiting for his wife, and whose children are seated in the back. The latter are then frightened and urge their father to act.

End of trial

The latter pushes the attacker away, who then defends himself and provokes a fight before bystanders intervene. The person then ran away, but was found by police around 12:45 p.m. He is of British origin, he is 31 years old, he drank with colleagues and finally ended the evening in a drunk tank. If he says he doesn’t remember anything, he will eventually get a £5,000 suspended fine. The latter, however, admitted the facts, stating that ” maybe I confused a car with a taxi“.

[#Noël] You had a great New Year’s Eve last night, well done!
This afternoon we remain vigilant: no drunk driving! pic.twitter.com/9a2QpiXfwi

– Var Road Safety House (@MsrVar) December 25, 2022