Drunk Driver Arrested After Driving with Lights Off and Zigzagging in Ponta Grossa
Breathalyzer test showed 1.11 mg/L; vehicle was seized in Ponta Grossa
The Juliet team of the Patrulhamento Viário of the Traffic Superintendent arrested a driver for drunkenness at the wheel on Road José Kalinoski, in Ponta Grossa.
The incident was recorded during preventive patrol on Wednesday night (28). Agents Reis and Ferrari, of the VTR L82, spotted a Fiat Strada vehicle transiting the public road with the lights off and in zigzag. Facing the irregularity, a stop order was given, which was complied with by the driver.
When disembarking from the vehicle, the driver showed visible signs of drunkenness, such as difficulty maintaining balance, staggering, disorder in the clothes, ethyl breath and reddish eyes.
Before the evidence, the ethylometer test was offered, accepted by the driver. The result measured 1.11 mg/L of alveolar air, a value well above the limit that sets up traffic crime.
The man received a voice of arrest and was taken to the Civil Police Station for the presentation of the flagrante. It was framed in article 306 of the Brazilian Traffic Code. The vehicle was seized.
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