Adjusting the alcohol concentration testing plan in Ho Chi Minh City

On the evening of December 3, answering VTC News, Lieutenant Colonel Doan Van Quoi - Deputy Head of Traffic Police Department (PC08), Ho Chi Minh City Police said that after 10 days of reviewing the coordination plan between Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Police Department and District Police, Thu Duc City showed that the city's people basically complied with and highly agreed with the regulation "if you drink alcohol, do not drive".

Many people were surprised when their alcohol level was tested during the day.

“When there is a party, many people are more aware, proactively using public transportation such as: Grab, taxi or hiring a driver to pick them up… when using alcohol or refusing alcohol. This is a positive change that spreads very quickly in everyone's awareness.

The purpose of the general control of alcohol concentration day and night in the past time is because human life is above all, the implementation aims to minimize traffic accidents related to alcohol concentration, especially at this time when many year-end parties and New Year's Eve are approaching," the leader of PC08 shared.

Also according to Lieutenant Colonel Doan Van Quoi - Deputy Head of Traffic Police Department (PC08), Ho Chi Minh City Police, the alcohol concentration control clusters of Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Police will now change the arrangement of working groups to suit each time and location on each route.

Previously, from 8:00 p.m. on November 24, Ho Chi Minh City Traffic Police simultaneously launched a campaign to control alcohol and stimulant concentrations of traffic participants throughout the city.

Authorities check alcohol levels during the day on Nguyen Huu Canh Street, District 1.

According to statistics from the Traffic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police, from November 24 to December 1, the authorities inspected 45,404 cases (15,403 cars and 30,001 motorbikes). Thereby, 1,380 cases (48 cars and 1,332 motorbikes) were found to have violated alcohol and stimulant concentrations. Of these, 2 car drivers tested positive for drugs, 6 motorbike drivers tested positive for drugs, and 1 motorbike driver tested positive for drugs and violated alcohol concentrations.

According to the plan, from November 24 to before Lunar New Year 2024, 10 force clusters (a combination of the Traffic Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police, Traffic Police - Order of districts, Thu Duc City and local police) will be deployed throughout Ho Chi Minh City.

Each day will be divided into 4 shifts, each patrol and control shift will last 6 hours with about 20 officers/group/shift. The locations for alcohol concentration violation control will be continuously and flexibly changed to bring about optimal efficiency, avoiding missing areas.

Luong Y

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