The driver falls asleep at the wheel and enters the tree / day

Around 23:40, a man drove a Volkswagen car in the Cenu parish of Jelgava County, tired of falling asleep, drove off the driveway and crashed into a tree. The man was injured in the accident.

The VP has begun an administrative violation process.

Police recall that fatigue is an unconscious risk, but it has to be talked about loudly, warning the public about the consequences.

« The driver does not have to resist sleep. At one point, the person shuts down at the wheel of a car, which can be fatal – the driver threatens not only himself and passengers, but every road user, » emphasizes the VP.

If a person feels that fatigue starts to take over the car, it is important to find the nearest safe place to stop and move, law enforcement advises. You can put an alarm to it after 20 minutes and sleep « power sleep ».

Similarly, on Wednesday, VP officials received information that the car had entered the ditch in Viesīte parish, Jekabpils district. Law enforcers at the scene found that its driver was under the influence of 2.91 miles. Criminal proceedings have been initiated against the man against the man.

It has already been reported that 106 road traffic accidents were registered in Latvia last day, of which four were injured in a person.

Two people were injured in the Riga region, one of which was a pedestrian and one driver of an electric scooter. Two more people were injured in road traffic accidents in Zemgale.