To lessen cases of drunk driving and alcoholism in the Eastern European country of Moldova, if a motorist is convicted of driving under the influence, they would have to hang out with corpses for a bit in order to get their licenses back.
According to Publika, this program was approved in 2018 in the small country to offer drunk drivers a redemption and “re-education program.” Drivers immediately forfeit their driver’s licenses when they are arrested while under the influence and are given an option of paying $225 to enter this program, which is a voluntary position at medical facilities.
While $225 sounds like a cheap penalty to pay in order to get your license back, keep in mind that an average salary in Moldova is about $340, according to Check in Price. Each program also consists of 12 sessions, or a total of three months time – so it is not only expensive, but a long endeavour as well.
This program has convicted DUIers assisting and helping out with road accident patients that arrive to hospitals. If they pass on, the DUIers will also assist coroners at mortuaries. The first time this commenced at a mortuary in Chisinau, Moldova, there were six convicted men helping out with the corpses. They assisted the coroner in washing the corpses before the autopsies were performed, as well as putting the bodies inside the “body drawers.” During the autopsies, they participated by evacuating the bodies of urine and feces.
Clearly, not all participants was able to go through with the work – one man ran out of the mortuary just a few minutes after the program started, and even if he will be given another chance to participate in the program, it doesn’t seem like it will be the route he wants to take after that initial experience. The remaining five men in the inaugural re-education program will be given a chance to redeem their licenses once again, only if they’ll be able to pass the licensure exams.
“He encouraged me not to drink alcohol anymore, not a drop in my life, because I do not want to get up there anymore [sic]. What you see here, the experience of the morgue remains like a lesson,” said one of the unnamed participants.
“It will be a huge psychological impact because they do not all resist [sic]. Only the smell and the sight of the body and it is already a psychological impact on the person,” said Valeriu Savciuc, director of the Center of Forensic Medicine, in a statement to Publika.
“In order to get there, disciplining these subjects needs a maximum impact, so that they can ‘re-socialize,’ become more disciplined in traffic. To become aware of what the problem is, how they have come to this situation and to do not repeat,” added Andrei Lavorschi, head of the National Probation Inspectorate.
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