'Drinkers can't run from new road law'

Drunken drivers will face the full force of the law whether they cause an accident or not, a Shijingshan district prosecutor warned on Wednesday.

Speaking shortly after trials for the first batch of offenders caught in the district under the beefed-up road safety laws, Ma Shuang told METRO that no one will be spared.

"We don't need there to be a traffic accident to treat drunken drivers as criminals," she said. "If they meet the criteria of being drunk behind the wheel (80 mg alcohol per 100 ml of blood), they will be prosecuted."