Traffic cops in the Overberg started conducting tests with a handheld breathalyser on Saturday‚ and they will be introduced in the City of Cape Town on July 14 before going countrywide.
Transport MEC Donald Grant said the pilot was based on an Australian model. “Lessons … were drawn from New South Wales and Victoria‚ where a 20% reduction in alcohol-related traffic injuries was achieved within two years‚” he said.
Testing teams will set up checkpoints at several locations during a shift. Said Grant: “(They) will operate day and night … over and above normal traffic law enforcement activities.
