Iowa State Patrol Crackdown to Target Intoxicated Motorcyclists

The Iowa State Patrol has announced that it will be cracking down on intoxicated motorcyclists for the rest of the summer.

In a release issued today, the state patrol stated that for its "Ride Sober or Get Pulled Over" crackdown it would be:

...zeroing in on major motorcycle rallies and popular bars where motorcyclists are consuming alcohol this summer -- to stop and arrest impaired riders.  Special patrols on major highways and roads, including Rusty Wallace Drive in Newton, will be scheduled around the Iowa Grand Motorcycle Rally at the Iowa Speedway, July 25-28, 2012.

According to the release the effort is being undertaken to target motorcyclists due to the large number of motorcycle accidents that are caused by drunken drivers.

According to the U.S. DOT’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motorcyclists accounted for 14 percent of total traffic fatalities in 2010. Yet, motorcycles made up only three percent of all registered vehicles in the United States in 2010 and accounted for only 0.6 percent of all vehicle miles traveled.

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