A car travels for about 20 km in the opposite, in full Raposo Tavares highway: couple dies.
The accident apparently caused by a drunk driver (or suspected suicide, but certainly uncontrolled) that went against the grain of the Raposo Tavares highway and the trampling of parent and child of only eight months in a square in Barueri, in Greater São Paulo, are examples that help understand the argument put forward yesterday by the psychologist and director of the Center for Applied Psychology Transit (Cepat), Salomão Rabinovich. He is convinced that most of the inhabitants of São Paulo and other large cities suffer from a social disease of high destructive power and often incurable, especially if combined with alcohol or drugs: it is stress.
For Rabinovich, the driver is one of the most frequent victims of stress and may become a cause of tragedies. According to the psychologist, there are proven cases of traffic accidents (intentional or not) motivated by people under severe stress. Of course this condition can manifest itself in various ways and places: at work, home, school, love life.
- "Is the economic crisis, fear of unemployment, lack of public safety there are many issues .... It is a social disease that can not be cured. It can generate violence, whether at home, on the football field, in transit. And it does not help against excessive legislation, which to facilitate corruption, "said Rabinovitch.
From the day-to-day strenuous city, some people may develop behavioral disorders. The psychologist emphasized that there are cases in which the driver "socially sick" can save similarities with the classic figure of the "raving mad". "Sometimes the person has a serious problem. It is not difficult to see them talking alone at the wheel. The stress is large. People think purely on macroeconomic issues and forget the next," he said.
Transformation - Second Rabinovich, there is, however, who do not speak alone and are highly social people in their daily lives. That is, until the moment when a minor accident occurs or an argument either in transit. According to the psychologist, this moment may come into play with a driver characteristic violent both in words as in attitude. "There are beatings amazes me that despite 30 years of occupation. There are people who use up a tire iron to impose their arguments. If haywire, damaging a neighbor's car and physically assault another driver," said Rabinovitch.
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Joseph Follman, who ran against the grain in the Raposo Tavares's testimony and detention.
With so many emotional distress and losing, the consumption of alcohol or illegal drugs may be one step. Rabinovitch warning signs for people with serious mental disorders. "In some cases, alcohol and illegal drugs show people without emotional balance," he said. Not only that, there is a significant reduction in levels of response and perception of reality.
In the accident that occurred in Raposo Tavares, the author, Joseph Valdecir Follmann, 31, claimed to have drunk alcohol before the collision. The accident happened in the early hours of last Monday. Follman drove his Renault Clio for about 20 km in the opposite direction. Was caught by police road at km 36 and followed at a distance.
Fatalities - Drivers, including trucks, could divert car Follman. The same fate had the couple Euclydineia Pinto de Assumpção, 42, and Joao Luiz Highland, 48, and daughter of 12 years. The family car was collected by Joseph Follman. Father and mother died and her daughter is hospitalized in serious condition.
Released by the hospital, Follman testified to the police and is arrested.
Another dramatic case occurred yesterday in Barueri. Apparently drunk, Jailton Alves da Silva, 44, ran over the merchant Marques Edmilson Santos and his son Henry, only 8 months. Both are hospitalized and are at risk of death. Police said this is the fourth time Jailton is apparently caught drunk behind the wheel.
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Emotion during the funeral and burial of the couple killed in accident in Raposo Tavares.
In Rio, the former player Romario may be a good example of disregard for Prohibition, which, despite the criticism he receives, points to a drop in the number of accidents in São Paulo.
Romario - Also on the morning of Monday, when traffic along the avenue Armando Lombardi, in Barra da Tijuca, Romario was stopped by a blitz of Prohibition and refused to do the breathalyzer test. The reason for the refusal was not revealed, but the attitude of the player cost him a fine of $ 957, 70 and seven points in the wallet. His vehicle was seized not only because Romario called a person to drive it.
No Alcohol Law
Prohibition reduces accidents the latest stock of Prohibition in Sao Paulo indicates a drop in the number of fatalities. The accounts of the Secretariat of Public Security, there was a drop of 134 deaths compared to 2008 figures and 2009. In 2009, there were 4536 traffic deaths in 2008 against 4670. There was a drop in cases of accidents without fatalities, also known as culpable injuries from traffic accidents. In 2008 were 141,119 against 130,257 recorded in 2009, a reduction of 10,862 accidents.
The law came into force on June 20, 2008. The data compared refer to the last two semesters each year.
The operation called "Safe Driving" began soon after with the use of breathalyzers 159 - some of them lent by the city. The amount of equipment was considered small, but this year, the number of breathalyzers reached 470.
In raids carried out by the PM yet, motorists who drive drunk are sued, have a driver's license confiscated, receive a fine and, depending on the dosage of alcohol in the blood, can be caught in the act. |
