Drunk Driving DUI Law

Operation Firecracker over July 4th holiday nets nearly 2,000 cases of drunk driving in North Carolina.

Governor Mike Easley announced that the ‘Booze It & Lose It: Operation Firecracker’ campaign netted 1,986 violations for driving while intoxicated in North Carolina. The joint effort by state and local law enforcement agencies was conducted over the extended Fourth of July holiday.

A total of 66,738 traffic and criminal citations were issued for speeding, seatbelt violations, drug possession, child passenger safety violations, as well as drunk driving. As part of the governor’s Highway Traffic Safety Program, Operation Firecracker ran between June 27 and July 6 and more than 5,724 sobriety checkpoints and drunk driving patrols were conducted statewide. The counties with the most North Carolina DWI offenses were Wake (132) and Mecklenburg (114).