Volvo building equipment against "drunk driving" with new tactics    

As we all know, driving a car, absolutely can not drink, drunk driving is not a funny thing, according to statistics, more than half of the traffic accidents are alcohol-related worldwide; and in the Chinese year, driving after drinking caused the accident is up to tens of thousands, more than 50% of the deaths of the culprits are is alcohol. For engineering machinery, the giant is heavier than the car, and if drunk driving, the consequences will be more serious.

Volvo building equipment against "drunk driving" with new tactics

For customers of Volvo building equipment, when you come to the Volvo customer center of eskiel Este, Sweden, try to drive high quality Volvo equipment before you go to a relatively small machine, and force it to blow up. This machine is an alcohol tester.

Although excavators, loaders and other building equipment are not cars, it is still a vehicle in the category of motor vehicles. Therefore "drink flying" is also belong to prohibited behavior, through the network, due to the operator to emerge in an endless stream of accident. And because the equipment is often larger than the ordinary vehicle, the function is stronger, and its consequences are more serious. In most countries in the world, drunk driving, no matter what kind of motor vehicle, is punished severely, including imprisonment, fines, etc.

As a result, visitors have not been surprised by the stringent requirements of the Volvo customer center. "We certainly hope that guests can enjoy the fun of equipment test driving," said Carl Gindahl, the customer center's exhibition and event director. "But we have an obligation to ensure everyone's safety, so that every driver's wakefulness is very important."

Volvo building equipment against "drunk driving" with new tactics

In fact, the importance of Volvo construction equipment for drinking and operating machinery can be traced back to the start-up of the company. In 1854, JohanTheofron Munktell, the founder of the company, opened a brewery near the factory to make workers drink this mild drink instead of strong alcohol, which is a great progress in that era. After more than 150 years, the alcohol tester used by Volvo customer center has reached the strictest standard in the world. Any visitor who is not suitable for driving will be ruthlessly rejected by the instrument.

In addition, Volvo truck also used an alcohol lock to prevent drunk driving. This device requires the driver to carry out the breath test first, and if the vehicle exceeds the standard, it will not be able to start. Volvo is the first Swedish company to take the device. More than 1/4 of the vehicles are equipped with this device when they leave the factory. In the future, Volvo will probably become the standard of all Volvo vehicle equipment. The alcohol lock not only improves the overall safety of the operation of the equipment, but also reduces the insurance premium of the owner, and the value of the lock is far beyond the cost of the equipment.

The installation of "alcohol lock" will be more effective to eliminate the machine hand drunk driving engineering machinery, effectively guaranteeing the stable operation of the market.