Crystal Lake Police Enforces Year-End Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over Initiative

From Crystal Lake Police Department: The Crystal Lake Police Department is looking for drunk drivers this holiday season as part of a special year-end Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement. Increased enforcement will occur between December 16th, 2016 and January 2nd, 2017.

Too often, drivers take to the roads after drinking at holiday celebrations. Data shows the decision to drive while impaired can have serious and sometimes deadly consequences. In 2015, 35,092 people in the United States were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes, and 29 percent (10,265) died in crashes where the driver had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) over the limit of .08.

Drunk or drug-impaired driving offenders often serve jail time, lose their driver’s license, are charged higher insurance rates and pay dozens of other unanticipated expenses ranging from attorney fees, court costs, car towing and repairs, and lost wages due to time off work. But the ultimate cost of impaired driving is causing a traffic crash that results in injury or death.

In addition, seat belt law violators will receive a ticket – no exceptions. Click It or Ticket applies to the back seat, too. Illinois law says you have to buckle up, no matter where you’re sitting.

Follow these trips to stay safe on the road this holiday season:

• If you will be drinking, plan on not driving. Arrange for a safe ride home or designate a sober driver before you start the party.
• If you become intoxicated or drug-impaired, do not drive for any reason. Call a taxi or phone a sober friend or family member
• If someone you know has been drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel. Take their keys, take them home or help them arrange a safe way home.
• If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact your local law enforcement. Your actions could help save someone’s life.
• Buckle your seat belt, regardless of where you are seated. By law, all occupants, in all seating positions, must wear their seat belt.

Remember, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

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