New Highway Code, there is hope for July | FP

In recent days, a ruling by the Cassation which established that the testimony of the officers in the event of incapacity of the person driving will be sufficient to prove the state of impairment behind the wheel. Translated: given clear signs, an alcohol test will not be necessary to define the state of drunkenness of a driver, but elements defined as “objective and symptomatic” will be sufficient. Matteo also spoke on the matter SalviniMinister of Transport and Infrastructure.

Salvini and farewell to alcohol testing

“I take note of the Supreme Court ruling, and as a road user I am in favor of an approach of this type which I wouldn’t call it punitive, but serious – explained the minister during a press conference on the Housing Plan held in the Chamber of Deputies – If an officer of the police, of the road, of the Carabinieri, of the local one or a law enforcement officer stops you and finds you in a clear state of drunkenness but there is no alcohol test at hand, I think that the clear state of drunkenness, the stench and the ‘stand on one foot and stand on the other foot’ test is absolutely sufficient to stop a motorist who is dangerous to himself and others”.

New Highway Code

Salvini then focused on the approval times of the new Highway Code: “I hope it is July, we’ve been behind it for almost a year, it’s right to delve into every aspect of it. I would like Italians who leave for holidays and young people who leave for holidays in August to be able to do so on the basis of a Highway Code more updated and in step with the times compared to that of ’92, therefore with traffic education and with the brief withdrawal of the license for those who abandon animals along the roads, given that the summer season is approaching and it is full of idiots, barbarians, uncivilized and criminals who not only they cause harm to animals, but also create a danger to road traffic. For this reason I hope that the brief withdrawal of the license for those who abandon animals along the roads can be the norm for the August exodus”.