Delhi witnesses a 22% increase in drunk driving cases this year, with top areas like Rajouri Garden and Samaypur Badli. Road safety experts express concerns over the surge, emphasizing the need for stricter enforcement measures.
As of February 29, Bangalore Traffic Police registered 2,163 cases of drunk driving in the city. This constitutes 30.66 per cent of cases registered in 2023. While drunk driving cases seem to be on the rise, traffic officials attributed stricter enforcement as the major reason for the increase.
The Supreme Judicial Court says breathalyzers were improperly calibrated and maintained from June 2011 to mid-April 2019, and that some state officials ignored the results and covered them up.
The number of people convicted for driving while impaired has fallen by 80% in Mecklenburg County. When based on population, the county has by far the fewest number of people convicted of DWI.