Special crackdown on drug driving for the first time ever..."Question mark" for effectiveness. [Anchor Report]

The police began a special crackdown on drug driving for the first time in history last week.

{Drugged Driver' is to be caught.

However, some point out that there is a question mark on the effectiveness.

Why is that? Let's take a look together.

Getting behind the wheel after taking drugs is a dangerous driving behavior comparable to drunk driving.

However, as you saw earlier, news of accidents by drivers who took drugs is often heard.

In fact, the number of cases of license cancellations due to drug driving is steadily increasing.

According to the data released by the police, the number of cases increased from 58 in 2019 to 91 in 2023, nearly doubling in four years.

While Korea has lost its status as a "drug-clean country," drug crimes have infiltrated the road.As concerns about

'drug driving' grew, the police started in earnest.

It is the first time that a special drug driving crackdown on personal mobile devices such as automobiles began on the 1st.

The government plans to check the possibility of drug administration only when drinking is not measured or near entertainment areas such as clubs even though they are suspicious.

The police are withdrawing from the drug driver like this, but there is a question mark about the effectiveness.

This is because of the relevant laws and regulations that are still insufficient.

Typically, simple drug tests require driver consent, but unlike drunk driving, which can be forcibly measured under the Road Traffic Act, drug driving lacks a legal basis for compulsory measurement.

Of course, if the drug driving situation is clear, the police can obtain a warrant and conduct a thorough examination, but in the meantime, there can be a hole in the driver who has secured time to escape.

As a result, voices are erupting that punishment regulations for refusal to test drugs are needed.

Under the current law, refusal to measure alcohol can result in imprisonment for more than one year and up to five years or a fine of more than 5 million won and up to 20 million won, which calls for revising the law so that refusal to measure drugs can be punished in the same way.

Drug driving, which is becoming a weapon on the road while the related laws are sluggish.

It seems that it is time to improve the system to support the will to crack down.