경찰, 비접촉 음주감지기 이용한 음주운전 단속 재개<br /><br />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.<br />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.<br />Our Choi Won-jong has the details.<br />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.<br />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.<br />And, this is how the new testing method works.<br />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.<br />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.<br />According to Seoul's Gangseo-gu District Police Station, the new system can reduce the number of drunk drivers on the roads more effectively.<br />"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."<br />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.<br />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.<br />
