Seocho criminal lawyer, “Drinking and driving frequently during the holidays... It is difficult to avoid severe punishment depending on the nature of the crime.”

The National Police Agency will intensively crack down on drunk driving until September 7th to welcome the holiday season.

It was announced that each local office will conduct crackdowns at least once a week, including Fridays when many drunk driving deaths occur, at summer resorts, entertainment districts near tourist attractions, highway toll gates, rest areas, and areas with frequent drunk driving accidents. The police also plan to punish those who encourage drunk driving or assist drunk driving by being passengers in drunk driving vehicles.

Drunk driving is punished differently depending on the blood alcohol level. The Road Traffic Act stipulates that a person with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.03% or more but less than 0.08% will be subject to imprisonment for up to one year or a fine of up to 5 million won. If it is 0.08% or more but less than 0.2%, you will be punished by imprisonment for between 1 and 2 years or by a fine of between 5 million and 10 million won. If it is 0.2% or more, you are subject to imprisonment of between 2 and 5 years or a fine of between 10 million and 20 million won.

Cases punishable for aiding and abetting drunk driving include: ▽ providing car keys knowing that a person would drive drunk, ▽ riding in a vehicle with a drunk driver, ▽ selling alcohol in an area where designated driving is difficult, and ▽ encouraging or recommending drunk driving. If the charge is acknowledged, you can be sentenced to up to 1 year and 6 months in prison or a fine of up to 5 million won in the case of simple aiding, and in the case of active encouragement, you can be punished by up to 3 years in prison or a fine of up to 10 million won.

Seocho criminal lawyer Shim Jae-guk of Daeryun Law Firm said, “Drunk driving is a crime that can take the lives of innocent others, so you should never get behind the wheel if you have been drinking. However, if you are caught drunk driving in various situations or cause an accident, it is important to minimize the damage.” He added, “If you are caught on suspicion of drunk driving, you must receive legal assistance from the beginning of the case and deal with it according to the severity of the case. “It may be expedient to identify and secure as many sentencing and mitigating factors as possible,” he said.

He continued, "Even if you become a victim of a drunk driving traffic accident, you need legal assistance. If you are injured or killed in a drunk driving accident, or if you are hit and run, it will not be easy to receive compensation through a simple report," and added, "There are many issues in the process of settling with the perpetrator as well as making statements and submitting evidence to prove the damage from drunk driving, so it is necessary to fully utilize expert assistance to recover damages."

Daeryun Law Firm, which provided assistance, currently provides legal services nationwide, including in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Incheon, Gwangju, Daejeon, Ulsan, Suwon, Changwon, Cheongju, Jeonju, Uijeongbu, Chuncheon, Jinju, and Jeju. Daeryun Law Firm's criminal case team is consolidating its position in the industry by recently recruiting a former deputy prosecutor and improving its expertise.

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