Elisabeth Borne announces the “automatic” suspension of the driving license in the event of driving under the influence of narcotics

Elisabeth Borne announced, Monday, July 17, the next suspension “automatique” driver’s license in the event of driving under the influence of narcotics. The Prime Minister spoke at the conclusion of the interministerial road safety committee (CISR), organized in Matignon. Drivers under the influence of narcotics “are responsible for one in five accidents”, justified the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, who spoke after the Prime Minister.

Elisabeth Borne also declared that the government intended to be “intractable” And “Seriously punish addictive behavior”. During this speech, at the end of the CISR, the Prime Minister also confirmed the creation of a “road homicide”. “We single it out from other manslaughter and manslaughter.”specified, at his side, the Keeper of the Seals, Eric Dupont-Moretti, “so that this offense is specific”. The new name “does not change anything in terms of repression, but it has a strong symbolic dimension”said Matignon.