NATIONAL CRACKDOWN ON DRUNK DRIVING
"Over the Limit. Under Arrest" is a national program to crackdown on drunk and impaired driving during the holiday season. Driving with a blood alcohol level of .08 or higher is illegal in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. On the topic of drunk driving, U.S. Transportation Safety Director Ray LaHood has stated,
Drunk driving is a major public safety threat that still claims thousands of lives every year. Many states continue to step up their efforts to get drunk drivers off our roads, but the numbers tell us we have to do more. Drinking and driving is dangerous and unacceptable, and I’m asking law enforcement to stay vigilant during this busy holiday season.
According to the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), five states have shown significant reductions in alcohol-impaired driving fatality rates from 2007 to 2008: Vermont, Wisconsin, Maine, Nebraska and Minnesota. The states with the least improvement are Idaho, Rhode Island, Wyoming, Kansas and New Hampshire.
The crackdown will run from today through January 3, 2010.
