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With South Korea grappling with the COVID-19 outbreak and its high risk nature of transmission, the nation's police officers were left with no choice but to shelf its crackdown on driving under the influence.
But, you'd better shelf the idea of DUI both for your and everyone else's safety and because the National Police Agency will be resuming that crackdown using non-contact breathalyzers.
Our Choi Won-jong has the details.
South Korea will use a new non-contact system to help identify drunk drivers...after COVID-19 had forced traffic police to put its crackdown on hold.
The new testing device can obtain blood-alcohol level results 30 centimeters from a driver's face, reducing the risk of coronavirus transmission while testing.
And, this is how the new testing method works.
Once a driver arrives at the testing site, they are required to remove their face masks and turn off the air conditioning to ensure of accurate results.
Then, police officers will hold out a type of breathalyzer attached to the end of a pole in front of the driver for at least five seconds until a result is confirmed.
According to Seoul's Gangseo-gu District Police Station, the new system can reduce the number of drunk drivers on the roads more effectively.
"We are expecting to see a decrease in the number of drunk drivers and accidents. We are also looking forward to enhancing the effectiveness and bring more awareness to people."
In order to prevent further contamination while testing possible drunk drivers, all traffic officers will be required to wear face masks and sanitize their hands.
In the meantime, the police will be able to resume its crackdown using the non-contact detectors until the COVID-19 outbreak has stabilized. Choi Won-jong, Arirang News.