On the Christmas evening of December 24, most of the violators were detained in Latgale – seven, and in the Riga region and Vidzeme six people were detained. Four more in Zemgale, one in Kurzeme.
As noted by Gatis Klavins from the traffic police, drivers in a state of severe alcoholic intoxication rarely come across, more often we are talking about slightly drunk people.
“Most of the drivers were detained on the second day after drinking alcohol, when their health had not fully returned, when they had not yet “ slept well”. ”It seems to them that everything is in order. Someone is going to work, someone is doing shopping,” noted Klavins.
Police are forced to change tactics during raids, as mobile applications allow you to report to patrols in real time. There is a case when a warning in the Waze application allowed a thief who hijacked a car to escape. So the police are trying to improve.
“Of course, we are not standing still, we also see what other drivers see. If we are found in Waze, we can move forward, backward, sideways, this does not mean that if you are driving according to a mobile application, you will a hundred per cent go around the post of the police “, – added Klavins.
