The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate are discussing the mandatory installation of alcohol locks for drunk driving

The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate are discussing the idea of ​​mandatory installation of alcohol locks in the cars of those drivers who have been held accountable for drunk driving at least once, said Deputy Head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Vasily Shpak at the Intellect of Machines and Mechanisms exhibition.

“We are now working with the traffic police to study this story: drunk driving while driving, it is entered into the database. We talk with the traffic police that if, for example, an offender – to change the rules so that all his cars, which he drives, were forcibly equipped at his expense with an alcohol lock. Once you have already been caught, if you want to drive again, put an alcohol lock, and then each of your trips must be accompanied by a confirmation, “RIA Novosti quotes him.

As Shpak noted, alcolocks can be in high demand among taxis and car-sharing companies, which are faced with the fact that users are not always ready to get behind the wheel, or they do not issue a car for themselves.

“And here this issue is being resolved. If the person is not the one who actually got behind the wheel and the photo is identified, he will not be able to drive it. Accordingly, if this person is drunk, he will not be able to manage either, ”he added.

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