"The Large Sweep" for Labor Day Weekend - 2013 NATIONAL DUI CRACKDOWN - "Driver Sober or Get Pulled Over"

Newsflash from your Hollywood Attorney:

Just in One State more than 600 police departments and the State Police will participate in a series of special enforcement initiatives including checkpoints and roving patrols focusing on both alcohol- and drug-impaired drivers.

 "Sober" means not being under the influence of alcohol or drugs. "Drug" is defined legally as "substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the human body." Commonwealth appellate courts have upheld this definition as it applied to commonwealth impaired driving laws.

Illicit drugs, over-the-counter drugs, prescription drugs, designer drugs and even substances not commonly thought of as "drugs" are all potentially impairing and can result in DUI arrests.

In 2012, some 56,317 DUI arrests were made just in one state of which 17,064, or 30 percent, were drugged driving charges. During the preceding year, 15,445 drugged driving arrests were affected.

Last year in one state, during the Labor Day holiday travel period, 125 impaired driving crashes occurred resulting in eight fatalities,  which funds these special impaired driving initiatives with federal highway safety funds.

In one Example State More than 118 specially trained drug recognition officers will be assisting in this mobilization to identify and arrest drug impaired drivers.

Nationally, more than 50 percent of those arrested for DUI, often referred to as "the $10,000 ride home," are poly drug users. Poly drug users consume multiple drugs from more than one drug category - most commonly depressants, stimulants, pain killers and marijuana.

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To schedule a free consultation and learn how we can help you, contact Beverly Hills DUI Attorney Jonathan Franklin today.
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