National Police Agency Distributes 1,500 'Combined Detectors' for Drunk Driving Crackdown... Intensive Enforcement from the 2nd

Contact and Non-Contact Alcohol Detection Possible
Enhancing Both Accuracy and Convenience

Photo for DUI checkpoint./Photo by Moon Ho-nam munonam@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-ju] The police will actively utilize the 'Drunk Driving Enforcement Composite Detector,' whose performance has been improved to suit the COVID-19 situation, in drunk driving crackdowns.

The National Police Agency announced on the 1st that starting from the 2nd of this month, it will carry out nationwide intensive drunk driving crackdowns using the composite detector with the cooperation of each city and provincial autonomous police committee. To this end, the police completed the distribution of over 1,500 improved composite detectors to city and provincial police agencies nationwide by the end of last month.

The newly improved drunk driving enforcement composite detector can detect both contact and non-contact alcohol consumption, enhancing accuracy and convenience simultaneously by changing the alcohol detection sensor and incorporating an air intake motor.

An improved composite detector capable of detecting alcohol consumption through both contact and non-contact methods.
[Photo by National Police Agency]

The performance inspection conducted by the Road Traffic Authority in April this year was completed, and the pilot operation at police stations in Seoul and Incheon in May received positive evaluations, noting both performance improvements and enhanced field convenience.

Meanwhile, during the intensive drunk driving crackdown conducted in July and August during the summer vacation season, a total of 7,316 cases (1,942 license suspensions, 5,374 license cancellations) were enforced. During this period, the number of drunk driving traffic accidents and fatalities decreased by 39.8% and 58.8%, respectively, compared to the same period last year. The police plan to expand this enforcement policy year-round in line with the introduction of the improved composite detector.

A National Police Agency official stated, "We hope that the newly introduced equipment and the extension of the intensive drunk driving enforcement period will raise awareness about drunk driving," adding, "We ask all drivers to recognize once again that drunk driving is a time bomb on the road and to participate in safe driving for their own and others' safety."

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