Law enforcement officers from Sparta Township will be cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the 2015 Labor Day Statewide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign.
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As summer winds down, law enforcement is ramping up efforts as part of a national crackdown on drunk and drugged driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the annual economic cost of alcohol-related motor vehicle traffic crashes in the United States totals $49.8 billion. They know it’s wrong.
In 2013, there were 10,076 people killed in drunken driving crashes in the U.S., nearly a third of all traffic fatalities. That means 6,515 drunk drivers lost their lives along with 3,561 additional victims. The 25-day, high-visibility campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, is funded by a federal grant administered through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Highway Safety Division (EOPSS/HSD).
“This campaign provides us another opportunity to educate and enforce messages that save the lives of Indiana drivers and passengers”, said Chief Mark Swistek. “Yet we continue to see far too many people suffer debilitating injuries and loss of their loved ones as a result of impaired driving”.
Chippewa Falls Police Department, Dunn County Sheriff’s Department and Boyceville Police Department joined the campaign with hopes of combating drunken driving.
In every state, it is illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher.
If you plan to drink, police suggest that a designated driver, someone who will not drink alcohol, be selected before going out.
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In June, Cuomo announced that the state had kept more than 7,500 repeat offenders off the road since implementing tougher DWI standards in September 2012.
