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WCSO Participates In "Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest" Campaign

August 28, 2006
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Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In fact, during 2004, nearly 13,000 people were killed in highway crashes involving an impaired driver with an illegal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. That is why The Wayne County Sheriff’s Department will be joining with thousands of other law enforcement and highway safety agencies across the nation during August and the Labor Day holiday to launch an aggressive new crackdown on impaired drivers called: "Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest".
“Make no mistake. Our message is simple. No matter what you drive – a passenger car, pickup, sport utility vehicle or motorcycle – if we catch you driving impaired, we will arrest you. No exceptions. No excuses,” said Sheriff Stein Farrior.
 
“We will be out in force conducting sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols to get more drunk drivers off the road. We want everyone to play it safe and always designate a sober driver or find a different way home if they have been out drinking,” said Farrior.
 
Drunk driving is simply not worth the risk. Not only do you risk killing yourself or someone else, but the trauma and financial costs of a crash or an arrest for impaired driving can be significant . Violators often face jail time, the loss of their driver’s license, higher insurance rates, attorney fees, time away from work, and dozens of other expenses. “So don’t take the chance. Remember, if you are over the limit, you are under arrest.”
 
The national "Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest" impaired driving crackdown is a comprehensive impaired driving prevention program organized by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that focuses on combining high-visibility enforcement with heightened public awareness through advertising and publicity.
 

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