Green Brook Police To Crack Down On Impaired Drivers

GREEN BROOK, NJ — Green Brook Police will be among the law enforcement officials from Somerset and Hunterdon Counties to be cracking down on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs as part of the annual end of year “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign.

The campaign will run through Jan. 1 where local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while intoxicated.

“During the last five years New Jersey has experienced approximately 41,000 alcohol involved crashes resulting in more than 800 fatalities," said Acting Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson. “This is a critical law enforcement program that can save lives during a time of the year when impaired driving traditionally increases by nearly 10 percent.”

Last year, 29 percent of all motor vehicle fatalities in New Jersey were alcohol-related. Nationally, more than 10,000 people die each year in drunk driving crashes. The societal cost associated with these crashes is estimated to be $37 billion annually, Robertson noted.

Law enforcement agencies participating in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over 2016 Year End Holiday Crackdown offer the following advice for holiday season:

• Take mass transit, a taxi service, or ask a sober friend to drive you home.
• Spend the night where the activity or party is held.
• If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact law enforcement. Your actions may save someone’s life and inaction could cost a life.
• Always buckle-up. It is your best defense against an impaired driver.
• If you are intoxicated and traveling on foot, the safest way to get home is to take a cab or have a sober friend or family member drive you to your doorstep.
• Be responsible. If someone you know is drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel.

Law Enforcement Agencies participating in Somerset and Hunterdon Counties under Somerset County grant application include:

• Bedminster
• Bernards
• Bernardsville
• Bound Brook
• Branchburg
• Bridgewater
• Far Hills
• Flemington
• Franklin- Somerset County
• Green Brook
• High Bridge
• Hillsborough
• Manville
• Montgomery
• North Plainfield
• Peapack Gladstone
• Raritan Borough
• Readington
• Somerville
• South Bound Brook
• Warren
• West Amwell
• Somerset County Sheriff’s Office

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