KOLKATA: The Kolkata traffic police is considering to bring breathalyzer test back in order to curb the sudden rise in the number of accidents that the city has been witnessing in the past 10 days. In fact, they have already tightened the checks, registering 124 incidents of rash driving and 1,393 cases of signal jumping and erratic lane driving in 16 hours on Monday, making up for 56% of all the traffic prosecutions the day before.
Monday’s figures showed that the maximum incidents of dangerous driving were reported from five guards—headquarters, Jorabagan, Sealdah, East and Vidyasagar—which reported 74 of the 124 rash driving cases. “We think that a few of the offenders drove and rode drunk. Statistics from the past back our belief as we have often found drunk driving to be closely associated with dangerous driving that includes not just speeding but also jumping signals and talking over the mobile phone,” said an officer.
