From Tuoi Tre News
Attempting to encourage awareness of traffic safety and reduce traffic accidents, the National Traffic Safety Committee has launched a three-month campaign to tighten control over the amount of alcohol drivers can drink.
A traffic police officer measures breath alcohol concentration of a driver in Ho Chi Minh City June 13, 2013. Photo from Tuoi Tre News
Two slogans of the campaign are “Don’t drive after drinking” and “Driving under the influence of alcohol – High cost to pay”.
During the campaign, which began yesterday, October 1, and will continue until the end of this year, traffic police will crack down on the alcohol intake of drivers of motorized road vehicles, enforcing the law with strict punishments for violators.
Traffic police officers will use breath alcohol concentration calculators to identify drivers whose alcohol levels exceed the allowable limit.
Besides tightening control over alcohol levels, traffic police and other concerned agencies will use media propaganda to enhance the public’s awareness of traffic safety and encourage compliance with traffic rules, Hiep said.
Seminars on the relationship between drinking and traffic accidents will be held on Vietnam Television (VTV) and the Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) to provide regulations on the legal blood alcohol level of drivers, enforce penalties for violations, and advise drivers to comply with these regulations and all other traffic rules for everybody’s safety.
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The Committee will also organize symposiums on social responsibility of those who make, distribute, trade, and advertise alcoholic beverages.
To date, only four foreign beer companies, including Heineken and Tiger, have warnings against “driving under the influence of alcohol” printed on their beer cans, while no domestic firms have done the same, Hiep said.
However, Hiep noted, the warning printed on Heineken cans is very small and positioned so that one may not notice it, which needs to be changed. “We will call on beer producers to print such warnings in larger font and in more obvious places.”
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