Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over In Moorestown For Labor Day

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Moorestown police will participate in the national Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Campaign to cap the summer of 2018. The campaign runs Aug. 17 through Sept. 3, police said on Tuesday, to coincide with the Labor Day weekend.

With the support of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), State and local law enforcement agencies across the nation are stepping-up enforcement as it relates to drunk driving during one of the deadliest times of year for it, police said.

The following statistics were provided by NHTSA:
• Approximately one-third of all traffic crash fatalities in the United States involve drunk drivers (with blood alcohol concentrations [BACs] of .08 of higher). In 2016, there were 10,497 people killed in these preventable crashes. In fact, on average, more than 10,000 people have died each year (2012 to 2016) in drunk-driving crashes. To put it in perspective, that’s equal to about 20 jumbo jets crashing, with no survivors.
• It is illegal to drive with a BAC of .08 or higher in all 50 States and the District of Columbia—no exceptions.
• Drug-impaired driving is an increasing problem on our nation’s roads. It is illegal to drive while drug-impaired, period. It’s essential for drivers to understand: If You Feel Different, You Drive Different. Drive High, Get a DUI. Driving while impaired by any substance is deadly and illegal.
• In 2016, almost one in five children (14 and younger) killed in traffic crashes were killed in drunk-driving crashes. Fifty-four percent of the time, it was the child’s own driver who was drunk.
• Despite the fact that it’s illegal to drive with a BAC of .08 or higher, one person is killed every 50 minutes by a drunk driver on our nation’s roads.
• During the 2016 Labor Day holiday, 36 percent of fatalities in traffic crashes involved a drunk driver, which was one of the lowest percentages over the five-year period from 2012 to 2016.
• Men are more likely than women to be driving drunk in fatal crashes. In 2016, 21 percent of males were drunk in these crashes, compared to 14 percent of females.
• In 2016, motorcycle riders involved (killed and survived) in fatal crashes had higher percentages of alcohol impairment than any other type of motor vehicle driver (25% for motorcycle riders, 21% for passenger cars, 20% for light-truck drivers, and 2% for drivers of large trucks).
Labor Day Statistics
• During the 2016 Labor Day holiday period (6 p.m. September 2 – 5:59 a.m. September 6), there were 433 crash fatalities nationwide. Forty-three percent of those fatal crashes involved drivers who had been drinking (.01+ BAC). Of the fatal crashes, more than one-third (36%) involved drivers who were drunk (.08+ BAC), and one-fourth (25%) involved drivers who were driving with a BAC almost twice the legal limit (.15+ BAC).
• In fatal crashes during the month of August over the five-year period of 2012-2016, almost 10% of the drunk drivers involved, with a BAC of .08 or higher, had one or more previous convictions for drunk driving.
• Among the drivers between the ages of 18 and 34 who were killed in crashes over the Labor Day holiday period in 2016, 47 percent of those fatalities involved drunk drivers with BACs of .08 or higher.

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