Romanian Parliament approves bill removing driving licenses of drunk, drugged drivers for 10 years
<p>Romania’s Chamber of Deputies has adopted a bill that stipulates that drivers caught drunk or under the influence of drugs will lose their driving licenses for 10 years. The legislation received 256 votes in favor.</p>
<p>The bill aims to improve the legal framework for preventing and combating illicit drug trafficking and consumption and other substances likely to have psychoactive effects.</p>
<p>"Practically, from the moment of promulgation and entry into force, anyone detected driving under the influence of alcohol or psychoactive substances will receive, in addition to a conviction, a ban on driving a vehicle for up to 10 years," said the Social Democrat senator Robert Cazanciuc, the initiator of the bill, cited by <a href="https://www.digi24.ro/stiri/actualitate/justitie/lege-adoptata-soferii-prinsi-bauti-sau-drogati-la-volan-vor-ramane-10-ani-fara-permis-2792025">Digi24</a>.</p>
<p>The PSD senator also stated that "this is a great achievement for me because, as I promised, I continued the plan of measures to reduce the number of deaths on Romanian roads, in an attempt to move it from the top position in road deaths in Europe, [where it has been] over the last seven years.”</p>
<p>Romania <a href="https://www.romania-insider.com/romania-first-spot-eu-deaths-road-accidents-eurostat">remains</a> in first place in the EU in terms of deaths from road accidents, with 86 fatalities per million inhabitants in 2022, nearly double the average across the bloc. </p>
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<p><em>(Photo source: Inquam Photos/George Calin)</em></p>