Summer alcohol checks aim to 'outspeed' social media

Belgium's seventh summer campaign against drunk driving launched last week, writes Het Laatste Nieuws. This edition features an 'alcohol checkerboard' that will allow quick changes to the locations of the sobriety checkpoints in order to move them around faster than the information can spread via Facebook or Twitter.

In this way, the police hope to prevent drunk drivers from avoiding the checkpoints with the help of social media. The so-called 'BOB campaign', which runs until 6 September, will particularly focus on festival goers over the next 12 weeks.