{"id":44247,"date":"2015-03-07T22:37:41","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T14:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=44247"},"modified":"2015-03-07T22:37:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T14:37:41","slug":"drunk-drivers-beware-breath-analyzer-tests-start-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/03\/07\/drunk-drivers-beware-breath-analyzer-tests-start-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk drivers, beware; breath analyzer tests start next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41362\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41362\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_135167540.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41362\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_135167540.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_135167540.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/shutterstock_135167540-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Philippines &#8211; The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has announced that effective March 12, breath analyzer tests will be required of motorists who are thought to under the influence of alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>LTO official, Jason Salvador, said that the measure is aimed at curbing the incidents of drunk driving in the country; especially in National Capital Region, Metro Davao and Metro Cebu, as regions which have the highest recorded rates of vehicular mishaps caused by driving while intoxicated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe LTO is mandated to do random drug tests at terminals of public utility vehicles,\u201d Salvador said.<\/p>\n<p>The maximum acceptable blood alcohol levels for non-professional drivers is up to 0.05 percent (approximately the amount after consuming one 12-oz bottle of 5% beer, one glass of 12% wine, or one shot of\u00a0 80-proof liqour); while for professional drivers, it\u2019s up to 0.01 percent. Drivers found with levels exceeding the limits mandated under the anti-drunk driving law will be penalized in accordance with the stipulations of the law.<\/p>\n<p>Breath analyzer tests will be conducted if the driver fails the initial field sobriety tests, which involve standing on one foot without falling, walking along a straight line and following a moving object with their eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Philippines &#8211; The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has announced that effective March 12, breath analyzer tests will be required &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":41362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}