The government took a tough approach to drivers. So many cars were confiscated

As of March 14, new regulations have been in force in Poland that allow the police to confiscate cars if a driver is caught driving under the influence of alcohol. Although initially it was said that the law would be dead, in practice it is fully respected by the services. We also know how many cars have already been taken and the number is downright shocking.

Car confiscation in practice

The regulations allow confiscation of a car in several cases.

• When a driver causes a disaster, immediate danger or an accident with an alcohol concentration exceeding 1 per mille,
• When a driver drives a car with an alcohol concentration exceeding 1.5 per mille,
• When the driver drives a car with an alcohol concentration above 0.5 per mille, but has a driving ban or has previously been legally convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, under the influence of a narcotic drug or for a traffic offense committed while under the influence of alcohol.

The new law is strongly respected by the police. Less than a month after they came into force, the police have already confiscated 480 cars – reports Rzeczpospolita. This gives an average of over 20 vehicles per day. This shows that drivers do not care about the new regulations and still drive on double gas.

However, the government is already preparing changes that will slightly relax the regulations. First of all, confiscation of the car is not to be obligatory. This means that the court will still be able to order it, but will not be obliged to do so. In addition, confiscation will not be possible if the car was sold, lost, destroyed or was not the exclusive property of the perpetrator during the commission of the crime.

Therefore, some drivers will probably postpone their matters to comply with new, more favorable regulations.