Brookfield Police to Crack Down of Drunk Driving Labor Day Weekend
As a part of their “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" initiative, Brookfield cops are keeping an even closer eye on your driving over the Labor Day weekend.
Despite the fact that every driver should know it is illegal to drive a motor vehicle or motorcycle while impaired, thousands of people get behind the wheel each year with a blood alcohol concentrations of .08 or higher—the legal limit in all 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. In fact, more than 10,000 people died in crashes in 2010 that involved a driver or motorcycle rider who had a BAC of .08 or higher. That’s one person every 51 minutes who died needlessly in a crash that likely could have been prevented if alcohol hadn't been involved. The Town of Brookfield Police Department is joining nearly 10,000 law enforcement agencies and other highway safety partners nationwide to support the intensive crackdown over the…
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Johnny Paycheck
2:36 am on Saturday, August 18, 2012
It's a good PR move to warn everyone not to drive drunk before a holiday, but I have often wondered what it really means when they say that they're cracking down on drunk driving during some given time period. An effective police force should always be on the lookout for drunk drivers and not just be handing out warnings tickets for it and having a few extra patrols on the road during a holiday … more ›