The Jalisco Traffic Department (Semov) will increase its number of checkpoints to identify drunk drivers over the holiday period in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
As of Thursday, December 15, the Salvando Vidas (Saving Lives) program will operate on a daily basis in three shifts – mornings, afternoons and evenings. The traffic checkpoints will be installed at five locations throughout the metropolitan area through January 6.
Drivers whose levels exceed 0.41 milligrams of alcohol per liter of aspirated air are arrested and taken to the Centro Urbano de Retención Vial por Alcoholimetría (CURVA) drunk driver detention center in Zapopan to sit out 12 to 36 hours under administrative arrest. Heavy fines are also applied.