The police started a intensive crackdown from yesterday (2nd) using a new detector that can measure breathability more accurately. It can be detected without the driver taking off the mask.
Reporter Gong Dasom visited the crackdown site.
[기자]
A police officer approaches the driver with a new alcohol detector.
[음주단속 중입니다. 불지 마시고 편하게 숨 쉬세요. 마스크 안 내리셔도 돼요.]
Because you can tell if you’ve been drinking just by breathing.
In the meantime, there have been many drivers who use tricks to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was aimed at the loophole of the non-contact method, which detects alcohol from the air inside the car without touching the sensor.
[김기환/서울 마포경찰서 교통안전계 : 멀리서부터 (단속이) 확인되면 창문을 내려서 차량 공기를 환기시키면서 옵니다. 아무래도 주변 공기를 탐지하는 거라 조금 어려움이…]
But this trick has become difficult.
This is because the newly developed detector has a powerful motor that sucks in ambient air up to 30 cm away.
It is also highly accurate and catches alcohol floating in the back seat or in the mask.
If the detector detects that you’ve been drinking, it’s immediately followed by a contact meter to accurately check it.
The result is as per the detector.
[(술 언제 드셨어요?) 어금니가 아파서 약 먹고 있는 중인데… (일단 면허취소 수치 나오셨어요.)]
Even if the driver doesn’t have to take off his mask, it’ll instantly detect if the motorcyclist has been drinking.
[알코올 냄새가 나면 반응할 겁니다. 네, 감지 되셨어요. 술은 얼마나 드셨어요? 어떤 거를? 소주 두 잔이요? 0.189 취소 수치 되신 거 경찰관에게 들으셨고요.]
It is sensitive enough to react to the alcohol component of hand sanitizer.
[(손소독제 많이 사용하고 있어요.) 손소독제 사용하셔서 알코올도 같이 흡입이 됐나봐요.]
Yesterday, when the first crackdown with a new detector was conducted, the police caught 194 drunk driving cases across the country.
The police plan to continue the intensive crackdown until the end of the year.
