Alcotes sounds an alarm: Drunk drivers sleep at the wheel in Villach!

Alcotes sounds an alarm: Drunk drivers sleep at the wheel in Villach!

On Monday evening at 5:30 p.m. there was an incident in the Villach-Land district, which not only caused excitement, but also draws attention to the dangers of alcohol at the wheel. A 37-year-old driver fell asleep at the wheel of his vehicle when witnesses became aware of his striking driving style. Despite the acute danger, the man first tried to continue, before he finally broke off the journey and got out of the car with a beer can in his hand.
The police were immediately alerted and was able to find the heavily alcoholic driver about 200 meters from the vehicle on a embankment edge. An alcomatal test carried out confirmed the assumptions: the man was considerably alcoholic. In this Situation, the driver's license was temporarily decreased, and he is also reported to the district administration Villach-Land. This reports [meinbezirk.at] (https://www.meinbezirk.at/villach/c-lokales/stark-al- alionsed-autoer-in-villach-stestped_a7368391).

The police found that the man's vehicle also had no license plates. Such behaviors are unfortunately not uncommon, and they highlight the problem of alcohol consumption in road traffic. As reports Kleinezeitung.at, alcohol at the wheel is one of the most common causes of traffic accidents. The legal consequences for an alcoholic driver are serious. As early as 0.3 per thousand, money or prison terms threaten, scores in the driver's license database and the withdrawal of the driver's license. Depending on the number of alcohol, the consequences increase considerably.

risks and legal consequences

alcohol not only affects reaction times and perception, but also the ability to drive as a whole. Even at 0.5 per thousand, the risk of accidents is significantly increased, since the reactions become slower and speeds can be misjudged incorrectly. [Adac.de] (https://www.adac.de/gesundheit/Gesund-unterweg/strasse/ alcohol-am-steuer/) emphasizes that it is particularly questionable that many alcoholic accident participants have a blood alcohol concentration of over 1.1 per thousand and are therefore absolutely continuing. In 2023, almost 19,000 people had an accident in Germany due to alcohol -related accidents, 198 of them lost their lives.

These alarming numbers illustrate how crucial it is to be aware of your own alcohol recording, especially when driving. Women and men tolerate alcohol differently, and about 0.1 per thousand per hour are broken down by the body. There are no miracle cures that could accelerate this process. This shows how important it is to take the dangers of alcohol consumption in road traffic seriously and act responsibly.