The car smashed into a divider after hitting a stationery car
A drunk driver was caught on camera after he crashed his Hyundai Verna into a waiting cab in Karol Bagh area in Central Delhi at 11:30 on Monday night.
The collision propelled the car forward and hit a railing and almost went into a temple.
Police has registered a case and said that no one was reported injured in the accident. Eyewitnesses said the occupants of the Verna were visibly drunk.
Drunk driving incidents have been on a rise in the capital city, With a total 20,400 drivers having been prosecuted for drunken driving from January 1 to August 15 this year.
Earlier this month, an allegedly drunk driver killed one person after he ran over thirteen sleeping pavement dwellers in the capital city.(
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Delhi Police recently wrote to the transport department asking for revocation of about 16,000 driving licenses of repeat offenders.(
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The Sunder Committee Report of 2007 had recommended the increase in penalties for drunk driving and over speeding. It also recommended cancellation of licenses in case of second offences
In India, 6 percent of road crashes are due to drunk driving and 44 percent are due to over-speeding.