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The pre-trial investigation carried out by Šiauliai city and SC district officials seemed like an ordinary case only at the beginning of the investigation. The first day of August this year for a company of 5 people, which took place by car from the Telšiai district to Kuršėnai, ended enviable.
According to the study, 4 out of every five people who drove a car were potentially intoxicated. While they were driving through the streets of Kuršėnai, the vehicle was stopped by patrol officers. After inspecting the vehicle, officers saw a man behind the wheel, the front passenger seat was empty and the rear of the car 4 passengers.
The owner of the car, who smelled of alcohol, assured him that the car was driven by a friend who was sitting behind the wheel. This was also recognized by a friend sitting across from him, who blew more than 2 per thousand into the officers’ breathalyzer.
The guy at the wheel was stopped by the agents, and all the passengers also assured that the latter was driving. After a while, the investigation turned in the other direction. The guy behind the wheel changed his testimony and reported that he was lying and was not driving.
When questioned again, the owner of the car admitted that he was drunk driving the car. The man testified that when he saw police, he was scared of poison control and ran to the back of the car, telling a friend to get behind the wheel.
An experiment was conducted to confirm this version. The goal was to determine if it was possible to change places in the car in the 11 seconds (the time it took for police officers from stopping the car to accessing the driver) as friends did. The experiment confirmed that it is possible to do it in less time.
Prosecutor G. Misevičius notes that in this exceptional case a person whose intoxication had not been precisely determined was convicted: This was supported by a provision in the law to punish a person who evaded an intoxication test when it was discovered that he was intoxicated, as well as a forceful statement from police patrols that the person was intoxicated and testimonies from all the occupants of individuals’ cars exchanged places. At the same time, it can be a lesson for the future, encouraging a broader assessment of the situation and testing for possible intoxication for all occupants of the car, especially the car owner, when it is initially unclear who was actually driving. “
The convicted person pleaded guilty, so the prosecutor in charge of the investigation offered to end the process with a judicial criminal order, reports the Prosecutor’s Office.
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