Azerbaijan, Lankaran, 7 August / Trend corr. P.Aliyeva / Within seven months of 2008, 32 drivers in the Lankaran region of Azerbaijan were deprived of driving licenses due to serious violation of traffic rules.
"Within the reported period, 2,012 traffic rules violations were revealed, with 92 of them resulting from drivers' intoxication state," Shamsaddin Abdullayev, Inspector of the Lankaran Traffic Police said to Trend on 7 August.
A total of 8,476 vehicles owned by individuals and 2,600 by juridical persons have been registered in the region. There are 4 women amongst the drivers. Number of cars reached 8,375 in the region at the end of 2007.
Fourteen serious traffic accidents left 30 dead within seven months of 2008.
Abdullayev said the traffic accidents resulted from narrow roads, growing number of cars, shortage of traffic lights and road indicators, as well as some drivers' irresponsibility and inexperience. Abdullayev said they changed 65 road indicators in July and 20 more indicators would be changed by the end of August. Radars will be set up in the central roads of the city.
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