Drunken-driving penalty Rs 1000 or may be Jailed

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HYDERABAD: Here is some good news for teetotalers and bad news for boozers. The traffic police will now get tough with drunken drivers. Besides detaining the vehicle, the cops will book a case against the culprits under Section 185 of the IPC and impose a penalty of Rs 1,000.
Introducing the latest hand-held breath alcohol analysers, funded by the World Health Organisation (WHO) here on Thursday, C V Anand, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic), said they would not hesitate to book drunken drivers under Section 185 along with slapping a fine of Rs 1000. With the number of road accident cases rising sharply in the country, especially Andhra Pradesh, the WHO launched Road Safety-2010, a pilot project in the city as part of its Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) initiative.