Booze It & Lose It campaign

Fayetteville Observer posted 21 AUG 09
The Labor Day "Booze It & Lose It'' campaign begins today and continues through Sept. 7.
The campaign marks the 15th anniversary of the effort to crack down on impaired drivers.
"Under no circumstance is drinking and driving acceptable in North Carolina," Gov. Bev Perdue said in a release. "For 15 years, the 'Booze It & Lose It' initiative has played a critical role in protecting our citizens by educating the public and cracking down on impaired driving. We'll keep using this life-saving campaign as a tool to enforce our state's anti-drinking and driving laws."
Last year in North Carolina, there were 11,968 alcohol-related crashes resulting in 433 fatalities and 9,263 injuries.
The initiative, which began in 1994, targets impaired drivers with innovative and extensive anti-driving while impaired enforcement and education.
Since 1994, law enforcement agencies have conducted more than 194,000 checkpoints and patrols resulting in more than 103,000 driving while impaired citations.
Additional checkpoints and patrols will be conducted across the state throughout the campaign.

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drinking and driving

Here are some interesting statistics taken from an article on AOL by Lisa A. Flam, the article is titled: "Experts: Women are drinking more, DUIs are up"

"Women in the U.S. are drinking more, and drunken-driving arrests among women are rising rapidly while falling among men.

Men still drink more than women and are responsible for more drunken-driving cases. But the gap is narrowing, and among the reasons cited are that women are feeling greater pressures at work and home, they are driving more, and they are behaving more recklessly.

"Younger women feel more empowered, more equal to men, and have been beginning to exhibit the same uninhibited behaviors as men," said Chris Cochran of the California Office of Traffic Safety.

Another possible reason cited for the rising arrests: Police are less likely to let women off the hook these days.

Nationwide, the number of women arrested for driving under the influence or alcohol or drugs was 28.8 percent higher in 2007 than it was in 1998, while the number of men arrested was 7.5 percent lower, according to FBI figures that cover about 56 percent of the country.

"There's the impression out there that drunk driving is strictly a male issue, and it is certainly not the case," said Rae Tyson, spokesman for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "There are a number of parts of the country where, in fact, the majority of impaired drivers involved in fatal crashes are female."

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