Around 8:00 AM, a time when children are busy heading off to school.
Concerns over traffic safety in school zones are growing as hangover driving is repeatedly caught during the morning school commute.
Yesterday morning at around 8:00 AM, police were conducting traffic enforcement in front of an elementary school in Songpa-gu.
A woman in her 40s, who stated she was heading home after dropping off her child at school by car, was the first to be caught for drunk driving.
Her blood alcohol concentration was 0.053%, which falls under the level for license suspension.
The woman stated, "I drank two glasses of beer late last night and went to sleep," adding, "I thought it would be fine since I didn't have a hangover in the morning."
And about 10 minutes later.
Another male driver was also caught in the crackdown.
The blood alcohol concentration of this man, who said he had just dropped off his children, was 0.034%, which also amounted to a license suspension.
He explained, "I drank a bottle of wine until 1:00 AM, but I didn't have a hangover," and added, "I drank coffee this morning and came out, so I didn't expect to get caught."
People might think it is fine after getting some sleep, but we must keep in mind that hangover driving is also drunk driving.
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