Vehicles driven while drunk in north Cyprus will be confiscate

Vehicles driven while drunk might be confiscated in north Cyprus.

The north Cyprus Traffic and Transportation Services Commission held a meeting on Tuesday titled "Problems and Measures in Traffic" and came up with 4 different suggestions.

The suggestions in question are; It consists of providing traffic training in schools, conducting written student driver's license exams, translating traffic education books and exam questions into 3 languages, confiscating the vehicles of those who drive over a certain alcohol level, and towing the confiscated vehicles to the parking lots of the district municipalities.

According to the law, Minister of Public Works and Transport Erhan Arıklı must inform the Council of Ministers about three of these proposals within 15 days and prepare the relevant draft law and submit it to the approval of the Council of Ministers for submission to the Parliament within three months at the latest.

Suggestions…  

One of the recommendations made by the Traffic and Transportation Services Commission was to provide traffic training in schools after working with the Ministry of National Education and to select a pilot school for the training.

In addition, it was decided that the learner's license exam, which was previously conducted orally, would be conducted in writing and the Traffic Training Book and exam questions would be translated into three languages ​​(English, Russian, Arabic).

On the other hand, the Commission also decided to seize the vehicles of those who drink alcohol over a certain promil alcohol level and to tow the confiscated vehicles to the parking lots of the district municipalities.

The necessary legal regulation regarding this decision will be made within three months at the latest and sent to the Council of Ministers to be forwarded to the Parliament. 

According to the Traffic Services Planning, Coordination and Control Law, Minister of Public Works and Transport Arıklı will inform the Council of Ministers within 15 days about these three decisions taken by the Traffic and Transportation Services Commission.

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