[경제]Drunk Driving Has Increased Since Corona 19 … Urgently Needed Measures For Regular Drunk Drivers



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This year, while social attention focused on corona infection, drunk driving and the resulting traffic accidents increased from last year.

Experts warn that countermeasures are urgent, especially against habitual drunk drivers.

This is Choi Doo-hee.

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The ‘Eulwang-ri Drinking Accident’ that claimed the life of the 1950s boss delivering chicken and earned public resentment.

It turns out that driving while intoxicated, which can cause this tragedy again at any moment, raises its head again in the crown phase.

The number of traffic accidents by drunk drivers, which decreased last year due to the application of the ‘Yooon Chang-ho Law’, which strengthens the penalties for deaths while driving while driving, has increased by more than 20% this year. The percentage is also increasing again.

This is because awareness that police crackdown on drunk drivers was reduced due to Corona 19.

The biggest problem is that drivers who have been punished once for drunk driving because of their addiction are more likely to drink and grab the wheel again.

A person whose license was revoked for drunk driving was found to be three times more likely to be caught while driving under the influence, and ten times more likely to be revoked again.

However, it is true that Korea’s drunk driving policy is insufficient compared to those of advanced countries in road safety.

[임채홍 / 삼성교통안전문화연구소 책임연구원 : 외국 같은 경우는 3개월 이상, 1년, 2년, 최대 4년, 5년까지 음주 재활 프로그램이 들어가는 데 비해 우리나라는 매우 짧은 4시간에서 16시간의 교육만 받으면 음주를 하더라도 면허 재취득이 되는 상황입니다.]

Experts note that in addition to psychological treatment for habitual drunk drivers, there is also a need for an institutional seat belt that prevents them from driving a car while drinking alcohol.

In some developed countries, drivers with a history of drunk driving have introduced a so-called “start lock” that allows drivers with a drunk driving experience to start the engine only after passing the breath test for See the effect of reducing drunk driving.

Consequently, there are voices saying that we should introduce a starter interlock system for habitual drunk drivers.

YTN Choi Doo-hee[[email protected]]is.

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