Reminder: Crackdown On Drunk Drivers Starts Friday In Aberdeen

Aberdeen police will be cracking down on drunk drivers through the statewide 2015 Labor Day “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.

The campaign begins Friday and runs through Sept. 7, according to a news release from Capt. John T. Powers.

Local and state police plan to conduct sobriety checkpoints and roving patrols, searching for intoxicated drivers.

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is a national campaign that began in 1999 to raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving. Police use both high-visibility enforcement and public education tools, the news release said.

In 2013, alcohol-impaired fatalities accounted for 27 percent of New Jersey’s motor vehicle fatalities, the news release said.