Drunk drivers beware!

[gregmcc]

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=nw20081106113436512C833126

Metro police have introduced a one-stop shop for drunken drivers aimed at increasing their conviction rate to 90 percent over the festive season.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Good.

Get the drunken drivers off our roads.

There's no need to drink and drive.

 

[Devill]

Metro police chief Chris Ngcobo said this morning at the launch of the new device that his force had caught almost 4 000 drunken drivers over the course of the year but that 95 percent of the cases never get prosecuted successfully, many not even making it to court.

Sounds llike the general success rate for the SAPS and Co

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Ngcobo said his officers would not abandon some of the tried and trusted methods, like making a suspected drunk driver walk on a white line and holding up a number of fingers for them to identify.

Depends on the thickness of the line

and the drunk's distance to the fingers as well

As part of the metro police's efforts to create awareness of the affects of alcohol, they are staging an office party this weekend where the participants will have their blood alcohol tested every hour.

Would love to see the results of that...

 

[Kim_Webchick]

Saw this on the news last night I think that is brilliant, lets hope that this helps with the road accidents over the December holidays

 

[Necuno]

think its around 75K a pop for such a station... what i heard on 702-ish

 

[RazedInBlack]

Drink, sleep and then drive . . . if you have to . . .