New York Increases Highway Enforcement in Nationwide DUI Crackdown
Drivers across the nation are seeing increased enforcement and patrol efforts during these last weeks of summer, in part due to a movement by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) named “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” The initiative, in effect August 19 through September 5, culminates with DUI enforcement of the crowded Labor Day weekend, a notorious time for impaired driving infractions. The NHSTA measure fuses “high-visibility enforcement and public awareness messaging,” said the administration.
Officials from state and local law departments as well as government offices are working in partnership on the program. Here in New York, over 500 local law enforcement departments, along with the State Police, are implementing increased sobriety checkpoints and patrols during the period. The movement is also backed by local STOP-DWI Association community awareness functions throughout the region. Additionally, to kick off the program, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee sponsored a STOP DWI publicity night at the Binghamton Mets baseball game on Aug. 18; a press conference regarding the efforts was held outside the stadium afterward.
While “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” marks a concentrated effort to fight an important problem, the issue is one that deserves intense focus all year long. Contact the New York drunk driving victim lawyers with Wingate, Rusotti & Shapiro, LLP at 212-986-7353 for a free review of your case if you’ve been injured in an accident that you believe was the fault of an impaired driver.
