The Metropolitan Police Department and others conducted a drunk driving inspection on the national highway on the border between Tokyo and Chiba on the night of the 29th, before the first weekend after the request for shortening the time to restaurants in Tokyo was completely lifted.
The inspection was conducted on the bridge that connects Katsushika Ward in Tokyo and Matsudo City in Chiba Prefecture.
This is a place where people who commute to work in Tokyo have a lot of traffic, and on the night of the 29th, a total of 40 police officers from the Metropolitan Police Department and the Chiba Prefectural Police regulated part of the road and each car I stopped and used a sensor to check if the driver's breath contained alcohol.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the number of drunk driving accidents in Tokyo since the beginning of this year was 93 by September, 13 less than the same period last year, but 8 people died. And doubled.
In Tokyo, the Metropolitan Police Department has decided to strengthen the crackdown as the year-end party season is approaching as well as the first weekend after the request for shortening the time to restaurants has been completely lifted.
Tatsuya Kitakami, chief of the traffic section of the Kameari police station, said, "I'm worried that the cancellation of the time saving request will make me feel relaxed and drunk driving will increase, so I'd like to try to eradicate it."