Penalties for driving under the influence of alcohol are suggested to increase the dependence on the amount of per mille in the driver's blood.

Now the initiative group in the Verkhovna Rada is considering possible proposals.

This is reported TSN.

Offer to raise the alcohol threshold or introduce "sobriety points". In addition, it is planned to change the amount and timing of fines. So, 2 ppm can cost 40 thousand. UAH and 3 years without the right to drive a car. The same penalty threatens if the driver refuses to take a test for alcohol.

This year the police amounted to 46 thousand. Protocols for driving in a state of intoxication. Penalties for this violation have replenished the budget by UAH 500 million. The reason for every fifth death on the road is a drunk driver, they say in the National Police.

"Get behind the wheel tipsy and thoughtlessly hope, and can carry, may not stop. Blind checks and sobriety points are what are used in other countries, "says the first deputy head of the patrol police department Alexei Biloshitsky.