Drug test for drivers, passengers<\/p>\n
BANDUNG: An official with insurance firm PT Jasa Rahardja said
\nhere on Monday that the company would deploy a mobile team along
\nthe northern Java coastal roads and at several West Java bus
\nterminals to conduct drug and alcohol tests on drivers from Dec.
\n18 until Jan. 8, 2000.<\/p>\n
The company's spokesperson Nina Fatimah said the decision to
\nsend the mobile team, which will conduct urine and saliva tests,
\nwas to curb the accident rate ahead of the upcoming Christmas and
\nIdul Fitri holidays.<\/p>\n
\"The test will be free of charge, including free distribution
\nof vitamins,\" Nina said.<\/p>\n
The drug and alcohol test will be held from Dec. 22 until Dec.
\n31 at West Java's main bus terminals, namely in Leuwipanjang and
\nCicaheum in Bandung, Baranangsiang in Bogor, Hardjamukti in
\nCirebon and Banjar in Ciamis.<\/p>\n
She said the police would ban drivers, proven to have been
\nusing drugs or consuming alcohol from operating.<\/p>\n
Last year's test involved 1,019 passengers and 245 drivers a
\nweek prior to Idul Fitri. The results were negative. However,
\nofficial data recorded accidents involving 85 fatalities and 522
\npersons injured in the province before and after Idul Fitri.
\n(25\/lup)<\/p>",
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