Is drunk driving fully responsible for an accident?

When a traffic accident occurs, the traffic police will determine the liability of the party based on the role of the party's behavior in the road traffic accident and the severity of the fault. Therefore, drunk driving does not necessarily require full responsibility for a traffic accident, but responsibility is determined based on the actual circumstances of the parties involved in the accident.

Don’t drive when you drink, and don’t drink when you drive are slogans we see everywhere on the road, and they should be kept in mind by everyone. After all, the incidence of traffic accidents is still very high at present. If you have to drink, you can choose to drive or take a taxi. Furthermore, if you explain the situation to your friends, you will not be forced to drink. However, some people are still lucky and want to take a taxi. Will you be caught? If you drive drunk and cause an accident, will you be fully responsible? I have compiled relevant information for everyone to read.

1. Are drunk drivers fully responsible for accidents? No, although drunk driving is illegal driving, you do not necessarily have to bear full responsibility for traffic accidents caused by drunk driving. When a traffic accident occurs, the traffic police will determine the liability of the party based on the role the party's behavior played in the road traffic accident and the severity of the fault. Therefore, drunk driving does not necessarily require full responsibility for a traffic accident, but responsibility is determined based on the actual circumstances of the parties involved in the accident.

2. How to determine the liability for a car accident. If you drive drunk and have the following behaviors, you will generally be deemed to be fully responsible (here are common situations. The specific situation should be based on the traffic accident liability determination letter issued by the traffic police department). Accurate): 1. The person who rear-ends the car in front of him shall bear full responsibility for the accident. 2. When changing lanes, if a vehicle driving in that lane is not allowed to go first, the vehicle shall be fully responsible for the accident. 3. When the green light is on, the turning vehicle shall be fully responsible for the accident if the turning vehicle is not letting the vehicle going straight ahead. 4. If a vehicle turns right when the red light is on and fails to give way to the vehicle being passed, he shall be fully responsible for the accident. 5. Anyone who fails to drive in the direction indicated by the guide lane shall bear full responsibility for the accident. 6. When vehicles are meeting on a road without central isolation facilities or without a center line, and the downhill vehicle has reached the halfway point but the uphill vehicle has not yet gone uphill, and the uphill vehicle fails to let the downhill vehicle go first, it shall bear full responsibility for the accident. 7. When two vehicles meet on a road without central isolation facilities or without a center line, and the uphill vehicle has reached the halfway point but the downhill vehicle has not yet gone downhill, and the downhill vehicle fails to let the uphill vehicle go first, the downhill vehicle shall bear full responsibility for the accident. 8. When vehicles are meeting on a road without central isolation facilities or a center line, if the party with obstacles fails to let the party without obstacles go first, he shall bear full responsibility for the accident

3. What are the penalties for drunk driving? Article 22 of the Road Traffic Safety Law: Anyone who drinks alcohol, takes psychotropic drugs or narcotic drugs controlled by the state, or suffers from a disease that hinders the safe driving of a motor vehicle, or is overtired and affects safe driving, is not allowed to drive a motor vehicle. Article 91 Anyone who drives a motor vehicle after drinking alcohol shall have his or her motor vehicle driving license temporarily suspended for a period of not less than one month but not more than three months, and shall be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 500 yuan. Anyone who drives a motor vehicle after drinking alcohol shall be trafficked by the public security organ. The management department will restrain the offender until he is sober, and he will be detained for not more than 15 days and his motor vehicle driving license will be suspended for not less than three months but not more than six months, and he will also be fined not less than 500 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan. Anyone who drives a commercial motor vehicle after drinking alcohol shall have his motor vehicle driving license temporarily suspended for three months and shall be fined 500 yuan; anyone who drives a commercial motor vehicle after drinking alcohol shall be restrained by the traffic management department of the public security organ until he sobers up, and shall be fined not more than 15 days. Detention and suspension of motor vehicle driving license for six months, and fined 2,000 yuan. If the person commits the act of driving a motor vehicle while drunk as prescribed in the preceding two paragraphs within one year and is punished more than twice, his motor vehicle driving license will be revoked and he will not be allowed to drive a commercial motor vehicle within five years. You may not be fully responsible. This needs to be determined based on the specific circumstances of the accident at the time. However, if the condition of drunk driving is excluded and it is still your fault, such as some violations of traffic rules or special behaviors caused by drunk driving, then it will definitely be Need to take full responsibility.