Drunk Driving DUI Law

The California Highway Patrol is reporting 75 drunken driving arrests in the county so far this Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
During the same period last year, CHP officers made 92 DUI arrests in the county.
The only fatalities reported countywide this weekend occurred in Balboa Park at midnight, when a driver and passenger were killed in a rollover [...]

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According to DUI.com Report shows Utah has dramatically lower percentage of fatalities from drunk driving.
A report to be presented to state legislators indicates that Utah has the lowest percentage of fatalities attributable to DUI/DWI. With the most recent figures show the United States average is 41%, Utah DUI accounts for 22% of road fatalities.

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A national report reveals that 15.1 percent of the nation’s drivers age 18 and older drove under the influence of alcohol at least once in the past year. The report says that in some states the levels are far higher – about one in four drivers.
Nationwide, an estimated 30.5 million people aged 12 or older [...]

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The United States government reported this week that highway fatalities related to drunk driving dropped in 32 states. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately 13,000 deaths involved motorists with a blood alcohol content at or above the .08% legal limit for intoxication. That is about a 4% drop from last year’s total [...]

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About 15 percent of U.S. adults have driven under the influence of alcohol in the past year and in some states as many as 25 percent did, according to a government study released on Wednesday.
Another 4.7 percent drove under the influence of illegal drugs, the survey by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration [...]

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Extra law enforcement patrols looking for drunken drivers during the latest Drive Hammered Get Nailed campaign snared 70 suspects in Whatcom County.
Statewide, 1,797 drivers were cited for driving under the influence during the campaign, which lasted from Aug. 15 to Sept. 1.
Of the 70 drivers cited, Washington State Patrol cited the most in Whatcom County [...]

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A year ago Incline Village/Crystal Bay was grappling with a very big DUI problem.
More than 81 drivers were arrested by the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office for DUI in the second quarter of 2007, including a staggering month of June which saw 45 arrests — more than in any other month since the WCSO began keeping [...]

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