Holiday Drunk Driving Crackdown
December 2nd, 2011 by Mike Vasilinda“Drive sober or get pulled over” is the motto of Florida law enforcement this holiday season. The Highway Patrol said at a news conference today it will hold DUI checkpoints and have roving teams of officers looking for drunk drivers. Also at the news conference was Tracey Chance, whose sister Kelley was killed earlier this year by a drunk driver. Chance says no one has a right to drive under the influence.
“As individuals, we need to look deep inside ourselves, at our values and morals, and really put them to work when we choose to drink,” Chance said “We have to say, my life and someone else’s life is too valuable to take a chance.”
The FHP says one in three deaths is a result of drunk or drugged driving. During the 2010 holiday season, 56 people died on Florida roads, 20 of which were drug or alcohol related.
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