Category Archives: Impaired Driving Prevention

2021 Holiday Season Impaired Driving Enforcement Mobilization

Sobering Stats According to NHTSA, 837 people lost their lives in traffic crashes involving a drunk driver in December 2019.  During the 2019 Christmas (6 p.m. Tuesday, December 24 to 5:59 a.m. Thursday, December 26) and New Year’s Day (6 p.m. Friday, December 28, 2018, to 5:59 a.m. Wednesday, January 2, 2019) holiday periods, there…
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Cellphone Use and Crash Risk

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, Virginia USA, reprinted with permission. There are no reliable estimates of the number of crashes caused by distracted drivers. Most of what we know about cellphones and crash risk comes from naturalistic studies. Such studies have consistently linked texting or otherwise manipulating a phone to increased risk. There is…
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Halloween Impaired Driving Prevention – October 31, 2021

 Halloween Impaired Driving Prevention - October 31, 2021   Halloween can be a deadly evening, with young children and impaired drivers coming together at dusk. Last year around Halloween in Virginia, from Friday, October 30 through Sunday, November 1, 2020, there were 109 alcohol-related crashes, 65 injuries and two deaths. According to the National Safety…
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