Seven residents of Kabardino-Balkaria were fined for dangerous driving as part of a wedding convoy.

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39 administrative fines were issued to seven participants of a wedding convoy in Kabardino-Balkaria, who committed a number of violations while moving as part of the wedding convoy.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", drifting at weddings in the Caucasus, as well as shooting, have repeatedly become grounds for intervention by law enforcement and even the initiation of criminal cases. In December 2023, participants of a wedding convoy traveling from Chermen to a neighboring republic drove into oncoming traffic and created emergency situations. One of them fired three shots into the air, after which the police initiated a criminal case for hooliganism.

In the Maikop district of Kabardino-Balkaria, participants of the wedding convoy received 39 administrative fines due to dangerous maneuvers and other violations, writes Interfax on November 3, citing the press service of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs.

According to the agency, the participants of the convoy, which was traveling on the Maikop - Novo-Ivanovskaya highway, drove into oncoming traffic, intentionally collided with each other, and posed a real threat to other drivers.

As a result, the traffic police identified the violators, who turned out to be young people from the Urvansky district aged 19 to 28. They were held accountable for driving into oncoming traffic, driving without a license, and failing to pay administrative fines on time. Two cars were placed in a specialized parking lot.

It is worth noting that earlier, a scientist from the Institute of History, Archaeology, and Ethnography of the Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Magomedkhan Magomedkhanov, noted that shooting and dangerous driving at Caucasian weddings is a common phenomenon, however, this custom is not historical.