遏制酒駕出新招! 印度最高法院下令取締公路沿線酒鋪!

India's top court has ordered all liquor shops to shut down along state and national highways in an attempt to reduce drink driving and road accidents.

印度最高法院日前下令關閉所有州際公路與國道沿線的酒鋪，意圖減少酒駕和交通事故。

The court told the government to stop issuing new licences and renewing existing ones after 31 March.

印度最高法院要求政府停止向公路酒類商店核發執照，並表示現有登記將在2017年3月31日全部失效。

More than 146,000 people died last year in traffic accidents in the country. About 5% - or 6,755 - deaths were caused by drivers who had either been drunk or had taken drugs.

去年，印度共有14.6萬人死於交通事故。其中有約5%，即6755人，是因爲司機在酒精或藥物的影響下駕駛車輛而喪生。

"There should be no liquor vends on national and state highways," AFP news agency quoted Chief Justice TS Thakur, who headed the three-judge bench, as saying in his order on Thursday.

《法新社》援引印度最高法院首席法官塔庫爾的話稱：“國道和州際公路上不應該出現售酒現象”。

The court also said that all liquor advertisements should be removed from the highways and shops selling alcohol must be located at least 500 metres (1,640 feet) away from them.

同時，該法院還下令移除高速公路上所有有關酒類的橫幅和廣告，並表示，賣酒的商家必須將店鋪安置在距離高速公路至少500米（1640英尺）以外的地方。

Campaigners say the large number of liquor shops located along the highways are "a great temptation and a distraction for road users".

一位活動人士表示，印度公路沿線開着許多家酒鋪，這些酒鋪“對司機來說有巨大的誘惑力，會分散他們的注意力”。