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DDOT, Region Launch Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign
DDOT joined the Metropolitan Police Department and police departments from Fairfax and Montgomery Counties to kick off Checkpoint Strikeforce, a regional six-month anti-drunk driving campaign.
The campaign was launched in the late afternoon on August 26 on Canal Road, just west of Georgetown's many bars and taverns, with a sobriety checkpoint to intercept and deter happy hour drunk driving. Officers administered field sobriety tests, a key part of drunk driving dissuasion.
“Drinking and driving do not mix and this regional campaign, melding enhanced and targeted law enforcement with public education is the proven way to decrease alcohol-related traffic accidents and deaths,” said Dan Tangherlini, DDOT director. “We want people to enjoy our city’s nightlife but not drink and drive; we must reduce alcohol-related crashes in the District, Maryland and Virginia.”
The kickoff included Kurt Erickson, head of the Washington Regional Alcohol Program, Debbie Hardy, whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver, and Elizabeth Baker, regional administer of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which awarded a grant for Checkpoint Strikeforce.
Checkpoint Strikeforce features weekly checkpoints and extended hours in the District and a $320,000 radio campaign aimed at the hard-to-reach 21-to-35 male driver.
In a DUI arrest, depending on the state, the officer will order you to take either a breath or blood test
If you fail (or refuse to take) a breath test, the arresting officer will take your license, and give you a yellow temporary license (Notice/Sworn Report/Temporary License). If your license was valid, the temporary license will be valid for 30 days from the date of arrest. In a blood test, the officer will send the Notice/Sworn Report / Temporary License to the DMV to issue a temporary license by mail.
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The Facts Of Impaired Driving
Alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes kill someone every 31 minutes and nonfatally injure someone every two minutes (NHTSA 2005). Read more >
Definition:
penalties the court could impose are: (1) 6 months in the county jail: (2) $1,000 fine plus up to an additional 1,950 in penalty assessments; (3) 6 months driver's license suspension; (4) Your car impounded for 30 days.
Second, third and fourth offenses within 7 years are punished by increasingly more harsh penalties.
Public Intoxication
Definition:
Public intoxication is the appearance of a person who is under the influence of drugs or alcohol in a place open to the general public. In most American jurisdictions, public intoxication is considered a misdemeanor
DWI
Definition:
Driving while intoxicated is the offense of operating a motor vehicle in a physically or mentally impaired condition after consuming enough to raise one’s blood alcohol content above the statutory limit, or after consuming drugs. Penalties for this offense vary widely.
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