Drink-drive moves in Singapore
PA-Reiiter Singapore Singapore plans compulsory breath tests to curb increased drunken driving, the police have said. A bill to be laid before parliament will make it an offence to refuse the test and will lower the legal blood-alcohol limit for drivers, a spokesman told reporters. Accidents caused by drunken driving have risen five times in the last 10 years, including nine deaths from 112 such accidents last year.
Traffic police now depend on observation and use their discretion in booking drunken drivers. They will be equipped to make on-the-spot tests once the bill becomes law.
Singapore traffic laws prescribe a maximum fine of $lOOO ($1046), six months jail, and a minimum oneyear disqualification for first offenders.
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Press, 29 May 1985, Page 12
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