Drinking And Driving Laws

Hours after the minor son of a prominent realtorwas reportedly seendrinking with friends at a Pune bar, the 17-year-old crashed his Porsche car into a motorbike, killing two people on the spot.

Sri Lanka will issue captive elephants with their own biometric identity cards and ban their riders from drinking on the job under a wide-ranging new animal protection law.

The Delhi Police issued 3,900 challans, including 45 to drink and drive and 557 for dangerous driving, to traffic rule violators on the first day of the newly-amended Motor Vehicles Act, which came into effect on Sunday, officials said.

Driving while texting, lane-changing, drink driving or ignoring an ambulance can lead to tougher penalties and heavy fines in a new bill that is a step away from becoming law after it cleared the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Though it was already cleared by the Lok Sabha, it will go back to that house on account of a typo. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari...

Concerned over increasing number of accidents involving drunken drivers, police in Hyderabad and Cyberabad commissionerates are mulling to introduce "designated driver" concept.

Drink driving is an affliction that continues to affect millions of people across the globe. Despite the government's efforts and rising awareness, people continue to suffer at the hands of careless folks with no regard for the safety of others.

Two men being hauled up for having soft drinks by the police under a Ramzan law has been criticised by a leading Pakistani daily that rued "how injudicious legislation emboldens those inclined towards intolerance and hardens their attitudes".

Hours after the minor son of a prominent realtorwas reportedly seendrinking with friends at a Pune bar, the 17-year-old crashed his Porsche car into a motorbike, killing two people on the spot.

Sri Lanka will issue captive elephants with their own biometric identity cards and ban their riders from drinking on the job under a wide-ranging new animal protection law.

The Delhi Police issued 3,900 challans, including 45 to drink and drive and 557 for dangerous driving, to traffic rule violators on the first day of the newly-amended Motor Vehicles Act, which came into effect on Sunday, officials said.

Driving while texting, lane-changing, drink driving or ignoring an ambulance can lead to tougher penalties and heavy fines in a new bill that is a step away from becoming law after it cleared the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Though it was already cleared by the Lok Sabha, it will go back to that house on account of a typo. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari...

Concerned over increasing number of accidents involving drunken drivers, police in Hyderabad and Cyberabad commissionerates are mulling to introduce "designated driver" concept.

Drink driving is an affliction that continues to affect millions of people across the globe. Despite the government's efforts and rising awareness, people continue to suffer at the hands of careless folks with no regard for the safety of others.

Two men being hauled up for having soft drinks by the police under a Ramzan law has been criticised by a leading Pakistani daily that rued "how injudicious legislation emboldens those inclined towards intolerance and hardens their attitudes".