Traffic police set to relaunch drunk driving tests across city

After a gap of almost a year, the Bengaluru Traffic Police on Wednesday decided to restart special drunk drive checks across the city. The decision was taken after several instances of fatal accidents where motorists were later found to be driving under the influence of alcohol. “We stopped drunk drive checks last March due to enforcement of COVID-19 guidelines and also keeping in mind the safety of the traffic personnel. However, with the increase in accidents and drunken driving cases, it was decided to launch the drives with a set of safety guidelines,” said B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic).