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The Moscow Transport Department will test alco locks on 10 official cars, according to the Moscow Transport website.
“After her [системы с алкозамком] installation, all vehicles will undergo appropriate laboratory tests at the NAMI Institute (Scientific Research Automobile and Automotive Institute. – RBK). Experts will conduct a thorough testing of the system in order to make a conclusion on its application in further operation, ”it was reported. The experiment is being carried out jointly with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
An alcohol lock is a device that prevents the driver from starting the car until he has passed the breathalyzer test. The Department of Transport clarified that alcolocks have been used for several years in foreign countries, in particular, the USA and Sweden.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not see the conditions for the introduction of alcolocks in Russia
In May 2021, the deputy head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Vasily Shpak, said that the department was discussing with the traffic police the idea of forcibly equipping the cars of drivers who were at least once brought to administrative responsibility for drunk driving with alcohol locks. Moreover, drivers will have to equip their cars with such devices at their own expense.
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