음주운전방지장치 부착 조건부면허 도입에 따른 정책적 및 기술적 고려사항에 관한 연구

Abstract

Last year, there were 214 deaths from drunk driving traffic accidents in Korea, this rate is very high for 7.8% of all traffic accident deaths. Looking at the average drunk driving recidivism rate over the past five years, 44.5% of drunk drivers were repeat offenders. Despite the strengthening of drunk driving enforcement and punishments, drunk driving problems are still serious in Korea. In order to eradicate habitual drunk driving, an amendment to the Road Traffic Act about the legislation of alcohol ignition interlock device was passed last year in Korea, and it will be introduced in October of this year. In order to operate this system following the legalization of alcohol ignition interlock device effectively, the Road Traffic Act enforcement decree and enforcement rules must be established, and an operation manual must be also developed in accordance with Korean circumstances. To this end, this study was performed to identify policy issues and technical problems resulting from the introduction of alcohol ignition interlock device and to minimize them before operating this system targeting drunk driving repeat offenders. Policy issues were included the double punishment, privacy invasion due to excessive log data collection, operating costs, prior education programs and alcohol dependence of drunk drivers. Technical issues were also reviewed by considering National Police Agency standards, installation and operation management organizations and/or institutes, ignition prevention by proxy, log data management, system security, override function, and blood alcohol concentration display method. Finally, the limitations of this study and the implications of future researches were discussed. This study might be helpful to reduce alcohol related to traffic accidents effectively using an alcohol interlock system in Korea if policy makers can review these considerations closely.