In the Gomel region, a drunk driver with his family was returning home after a feast

August 8, Gomel. In the Gomel region, traffic police officers detained a drunk woman driver, BelTA was told in the department for agitation and propaganda of the traffic police department of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Gomel regional executive committee.

Employees of the inter-district department of operational response and search of the traffic police of the Internal Affairs Directorate detained a drunk woman driver who, together with her drunken husband, was carrying a child in a car. In the village of Kontakuzovka, Gomel region, their attention was attracted by a Mitsubishi Pajero, which was driving at high speed. The driver ignored the traffic police's signal to stop with the help of flashing beacons, as well as a special loud-speaking device. The car continued on its way until it pulled into a field. “Due to the condition of the road, further movement was impossible. A 42-year-old local resident turned out to be driving. She explained that she did not comply with the requirements because she simply did not know and did not understand who was “chasing” her,” the regional traffic police said.

Her husband was in the back passenger seat, and her 6-year-old daughter was in the front seat. The girl was not in a child restraint, but was wearing a seat belt, the UGAI said.

The woman was invited to the company car for examination. “With repeated blowing of the breathalyzer, the readings ranged from 1.46 to 1.94 ppm of ALCOHOL in the air she exhaled,” the department explained.

As the state traffic inspectors specified, the woman did not immediately admit that she had consumed alcohol . After the testimony of the breathalyzer, she said that she and her husband drank at a birthday party at a friend's house.

Two administrative materials were filed against the violator of traffic rules. The foreign car was placed in a guarded parking lot, and the family was taken home.