A total of 6,452 out-of-court complaints for various traffic offences were received from roadside checks by members of the Special Motorcycle Squad (S.M.S.O.M.O.), the Road Accident Prevention Units (R.A.P.O.).D) Headquarters and Avdimou and members of the Traffic Police, on motorways and secondary roads nationwide, during the past week.
[/P]The nationwide traffic controls were carried out between the hours of 6am. Sunday 15/05/22 and 6am today Sunday 22/05/2022, as part of the prevention of road traffic collisions, the prevention and suppression of nuisance offences by cars and motorcycles and juvenile delinquency.
The majority of the complaints concerned offences which are proven to be the main causes of serious and fatal road traffic collisions.
Of these, 4,486 complaints were made for exceeding the speed limit and 199 complaints for driving with hands-free (use of a mobile phone).
Also worthy of mention are the complaints concerning traffic sign violations, offences for which police members made a total of 636 complaints, as well as complaints for driving a motor vehicle without a valid licence, which amounted to 248.
In addition, complaints concerning non-use of seat belts, parking in disabled parking spaces and traffic light violations amounted to 315.
In addition, there were another 69 complaints for driving under the influence of alcohol and another 499 out-of-court complaints for various other traffic offences.
In addition, between last Sunday and this morning, 37 persons were found by members of the traffic police to be driving motor vehicles under the influence of drugs.
It is worth noting, however, that based on annual police reports:
In the year 2018 there were 17 fatal road traffic collisions out of a total of 44, due to driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, with 19 fatalities out of a total of 49, as follows: 4 dead
Drugs: 4 dead
In addition, in the year 2019 there were 12 fatal road collisions out of a total of 52, due to driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, with 12 deaths out of a total of 52, as follows:
Alcohol: 5 dead
Alcohol and drugs: 1 dead
Drugs: 6 deaths
In the year 2020 (the year the pandemic began) there were 11 fatal road traffic collisions out of a total of 48, due to driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, with 11 deaths out of a total of 48, as follows:
Alcohol: 7 deaths[BR]Alcohol and drugs: 1 death[BR]Drugs: 3 fatalities
Also, in the year 2021 there were 11 fatal road traffic collisions out of a total of 44, due to driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, with 11 fatalities out of a total of 45, as follows:
Alcohol: 7 fatalities
Alcohol and drugs: 3 fatalities
Drugs: 1 fatality
Targeted roadside checks continue daily, throughout the day, on all roads nationwide.
The sole aim is to instil good road awareness among all road users and to prevent fatal and serious traffic collisions.
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