If you thought your safe from alcoblow please try and think again.Big brother is here to stay.
The government has now introduced daytime ‘alcoblow’ tests on a mission to catch those drunk drivers during the day causing accidents over the festive season.
According to Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet warned drivers who drink and drive will face the law.
In addition he said, that more traffic police officers will be deployed along the highways during the festivities. Thousands of Kenyans do travel to their rural homes for the celebrations, causing a traffic surge on the roads.
“The alcohol testing will go a long way in ensuring that the number of road fatalities is reduced during this festive season,” Boinnet said.
Boinet was speaking during the recognition awards ceremony for police officers in Nairobi.
He further said that, “We have realised one of the single most contributors to reckless driving is drunkenness.”
In addition he said, “People have gotten used to finding alcoblow officers at on the highway at the late hours of the night and by 2 or 3 AM in the morning they are gone, not anymore,”
Drivers who have made it a norm to imbibe far too long in the night in order to avoid alcoblow are also targetted in the operation.
The IG also said that besides targeting drunk drivers, they will also target pedestrians who do not follow traffic rules.
He said, “People crossing the roads anyhow without observing the traffic rules and imagining the driver has seen them will also be dealt with accordingly.”
This comes after a report from the NTSA stating that the number of road fatalities has reduced compared to last year.