Month: November 2018

It happened: MPs voted to increase the penalties for drinking and driving. The fines are considerable by Ukrainian standards. Moreover, drunk drivers now face criminal liability. GolosUA decided to find out how the innovation will affect the driving culture of Ukrainians and what law-abiding motorists should fear. In November, parliamentarians supported the draft law No. 7279-d "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on...

It is necessary to deprive people of their rights even in the first case of drunken driving, as the number of accidents due to this problem is growing. This was stated by Viktor Medvid, director of William Invest Expert consulting company, in a commentary to GolosUA. "The fact that MPs have increased fines for drunken driving to 51 thousand hryvnias is positive, but I think that we should deprive people of their rights and that's it. Because they pay...