“Daytime Drinking and Driving: Urgent Measures Needed to Stop Recurring Drunk Driving Accidents”

2023-05-07 10:07:00

Drinking ‘daytime drinking’ and driving in a state where you can’t control your body
More than 50 people are cracked down each time in daytime drinking crackdowns
Drunk accident recidivism rate is higher than drug… Urgent countermeasures

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Even though innocent lives are repeatedly sacrificed by drunk driving, the number of people who drink and get behind the wheel is increasing once more.

Even drinking during the day is not insignificant, so 1 out of 5 drinking accidents occurred while the sun was up.

Reporter Kim Hyun-ah reports.

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Last month, a drunk driver attacked 9-year-old Bae Seung-ah in Daejeon.

Miss Seung-a died, and three elementary school students who were with her were seriously injured. It was revealed that the driver drove the car even following drinking until following 2:00 p.m.

Criticism is boiling, but drunk drivers do not seem to care.

Even following the death of Seung-a, more than 50 people are caught each time if there is a drinking crackdown during the daytime.

[음주 단속 적발 운전자 (지난달 30일) : 막걸리 반병 마셨어요. (식사하시면서?) 네, 방금 먹고 방금 나와서.]

Drinking during the day is especially dangerous for accidents.

Last year, 11.7% of all drunk driving arrests were caught between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm when the sun was up.

Among drunk driving accidents, the proportion of daytime drinkers jumped to 20%.

It is analyzed that crackdowns are less conducted during the day than at night, so there are many people who drive even following drinking, and the accident rate is high.

[허 억 / 가천대학교 안전교육연수원장 : 보통 1:10의 원칙이라고 있거든요. 10번 위반하면 1번 단속당한다고 하는데요. 낮에 설마 단속하겠어라는 생각입니다. 또 이 정도는 먹어도 괜찮다. 사실 경찰이 밤낮으로 단속하기 힘들거든요.]

In recent years, regarding 200 people have died in drinking accidents every year, which is equivalent to one person dying every two days.

It is pointed out that drunk driving has a higher recidivism rate than drug use, so special measures must be prepared to prevent damage.

This is YTN Kim Hyun-ah.

Video Editing; Hwon Seul-gi Oh Graphics; Hyo-jin Kim

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