Don't Drink and Drive

Title
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Traffic Police arrest 29 motorists in
'ring-fencing' operation
By
:
Wong Siew Ying, Channel NewsAsia
Date
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17 Feb 2008 2305 hrs (GMT + 8hrs)
SINGAPORE : The Traffic
Police mounted its first "ring-fencing" operation on Sunday morning as part of
efforts to sniff out drink drivers.
And 29 people were arrested during the
six-hour blitz at seven locations.
There was no way out for drink drivers.
One by one, the motorists were stopped by officers to check if they were fit
to get behind the wheels.
The six-hour operation started at 12.30am, with
road blocks along Nicoll Highway, Maxwell Road, Keppel Road, Bishan Road and
Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim.
At 3am, more road blocks were set up in the Havelock
and Outram area as part of the Traffic Police's ring-fencing strategy.
Superintendent Lee Chee Chiew, Deputy Commander of Traffic Police, said: "We
have our road blocks conducted at all exit roads outside the cluster of popular
drinking outlets ... our officers will check most of the vehicles, if not 100
percent of the vehicles, as they come out from these exit roads."
During the
operation, breathalyser tests were administered to 170 motorists. Twenty-nine of
them failed the tests and were placed under arrest for drink driving.
The
highest breathalyser result clocked was more than twice the legal limit.
Police say the suspects were aged between 20 and 45 years old. Three of them
were women.
The latest arrests bring the total number of drink drivers
caught during the Lunar New Year period to 90. Sixty-one of them were nabbed
between February 6 and 10.
A motorist who passed the breathalyser test can
still be charged for drink driving if he is unable to control his vehicle.
Those convicted of drink driving will face severe penalties.
First-time
offenders can be fined up to $5,000 or jailed up to six months. Repeat offenders
can be slapped with a mandatory jail term of up to three years.
Drink
drivers will also be disqualified from driving for at least 12 months and have
their licences revoked.
Police advise those who drink to take public
transport or have a designated driver send them home. - CNA/de

Don't Drive and Drive. You don't want to spill the drink onto your car or yourself right? Yes you can drink, before you drive. And please drink only non-alcoholic drinks.

LAME, yes I know. But's that's me, haha.

On a serious note, nobody say you cannot drink (alcohol), but be responsible, ask your friend to drive you back, or take a cab, or the night bus services( on Fridays, Saturdays and PH Eve though).