Does someone know what happend with the Alcoholimeters??? After all the noise they made and all the millions spent.

Yes, the equipment was purchased and they tried to use them for about a week. Then came all the noise about the police not knowing how to properly employ them. Then, as with just about everything else except corruption, it slowly faded away.

RHM http://www.thecandidacy.com/category/randalls-rants/politics-in-the-dr/

The major show they did whith the purchase of the equipment is now long gone. But, there seem to be a few detentions on alcohol related driving every now and then.

See:
http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=51865
http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=47184

As to me, I don't do a lot of driving buy I've never seen anyone in the middle of the test. I've also never seen an amet stop someone for going in the wrong direction or skipping a red light.

Mebbe a spook ruse? Drivers with 'frias' in hand seem to be less..

I remember when the police chief said that no alcoholic beverages would be allowed inside the car, and only in the trunk. Nowadays, even if a police officer stops you and you have a presidente in the cup holder, you could still argue with him "yeah, I'm drinking, but I'm not drunk yet!". Most probably he doesn't have the famous alcolimetro to test you anyway.

Just go a sunday to the lincoln, you'll se everyone drinking and driving. Hell, we even have drive thru's that sell alcoholic beverages! If someone is not going to change in the DR is the drinking habits...

that's true. And on top of the habbits, there is always coruption. I remember a police officer going to one of this drive thrus to colect a "permit" payment every adternoon. The stupid of it was nobady would report it. They would just pay.

1. they were mistaken for pencils and thrown out because they could not change the constitution. there was no rubber on the end 2 they were used for making noice on new years eve. 3 your idea???

they probably thought they were wisles but saw thy had to blow to hard so they rejected the idea jajaja

I heard the version that they run out of mouthpieces to replace, and that's why they don't use them anymore. By the way, weren't the alcoholmeters a present of the spanish government? I am not sure.

they were not presents....no commission on a present...they were bought