Less than 24 hours after yesterday's accident in Tirana, where a vehicle overtook a couple with a baby in a stroller on white lines, the police have punished thousands of drivers.
As part of the measures for the prevention of road accidents and in the implementation of the tasks left last night, by the General Director of the State Police Gledis Nano, for the development permanently and not with campaigns, intensive controls, using all forms legal and modern logistical means, since yesterday evening, throughout the country, the Traffic Police services, supported by the General Patrols and the "Eagle" forces, have continued the controls to identify and punish violators of the Traffic Code.
Police report that as a result of controls throughout the country, 79 driving licenses have been suspended, of which 39 for speeding (measured with automatic radars), 29 for driving under the influence of alcohol or drunk and 11 for driving in opposite sense.
16 drivers were arrested in flagrante delicto, of which 10 for driving while intoxicated and 6 for driving without a driving license.
During yesterday evening and the first hours of this morning, 2874 administrative measures were imposed, for violations that are a potential source for involvement in road accidents, specifically for not wearing a seat belt, for using a mobile phone while driving, for overtaking wrong, for not giving priority to pedestrians, for speed racing and dangerous maneuvers, for driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding beyond the allowed norms and for not wearing a protective helmet by the drivers of motor vehicles.
Intensive controls, using all modern logistics tools, will continue not with actions, but as daily work, in order to prevent road accidents, police announced.