Washington Traffic Safety Commission kicks off DUI campaign
Aug 17, 2012, 5:12 PM | Updated: Aug 18, 2012, 7:28 am
The state Traffic Safety Commission’s Target Zero group kicked off its annual “Drive Hammered, Get Nailed” campaign to reduce drunk driving on August 17.
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has reported that their statistics show that more people die in August as a result of crashes involving drunk drivers than in any other month.
“People are on a lot of summer vacations, the weather is getting nicer, as it has been this week, so there’s more vacationing time and more weekend barbecues that often involve alcohol,” says Target Zero manager Annie Phare.
According to Phare, during last year’s campaign 452 drunk drivers eere caught in King County alone.
The campaign, which runs through September 3, will include increased patrols, as well as community enforcement of DUI laws.
“The difference between these patrols and the regular weekend patrols is that we have more patrol units out on the road,” says Phare, “and we also have agencies that are crossing jurisdictional lines.”
