Prevention of Alcohol Consumption when Driving Transport Vehicles

The article contains a detailed description of special-criminological measures that can be used as a basis for prevention of repeated alcohol use in driving practices. These are very common and dangerous acts which urgently require development of a comprehensive prevention program. The importance of fight against alcohol abuse when driving is evidenced by the fact of attributing this act to criminal jurisdiction (beginning from 2014). The article describes in detail the experience of the states that have encountered this problem and the ways of its minimization that have been used. It discusses in detail the issues of restricting the owner's rights to use, own and dispose of the transport vehicle, as well as introduction of subsidiary administrative liability of the driver and the passengers, as provided for in Japan. Besides, it examines the issue of assigning a compulsory medical treatment for alcoholism to the drivers involved under Art. 264.1 of the RF Criminal Code. The article contains a detailed description of the preventive measures associated with the implementation of a broad anti-alcohol campaign for road safety (Uber companys experience, social advertising, etc.).