{"id":41201,"date":"2017-08-16T18:18:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T00:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=41201"},"modified":"2017-08-18T10:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T16:00:30","slug":"oxford-police-remind-you-to-drive-sober-or-get-pulled-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/oxford-police-remind-you-to-drive-sober-or-get-pulled-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Police Remind You to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

OXFORD, MISS. (OPD)\u2013The end of summer is traditionally marked by the Labor Day<\/strong> holiday. The long weekend is\u00a0<\/span>typically celebrated through picnics, pool parties, and barbecues, as families and friends enjoy\u00a0<\/span>the last few days of summer. Sadly, the Labor Day holiday is also one of the deadliest, with\u00a0<\/span>drunk drivers endangering themselves and others on America<\/strong>\u2019s roadways. <\/span><\/p>\n

This year, the Oxford\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Police Department<\/strong> is partnering with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>(NHTSA) to stop impaired drivers and help save lives. The high-visibility national enforcement\u00a0<\/span>campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, runs from August 16 through September 4, 2017.\u00a0<\/span>During this period, local law enforcement will show zero tolerance for impaired driving.<\/span><\/p>\n

Increased state and national messages about the dangers of driving impaired, coupled with\u00a0<\/span>enforcement and increased officers on the road, aim to drastically reduce impaired driving on our\u00a0<\/span>nation\u2019s roadways.<\/span><\/p>\n

Statistics show a frightening trend in impaired-driving. According to NHTSA, 10,265 people\u00a0<\/span>were killed in impaired-driving crashes in 2015, an increase from the 9,967 people killed in\u00a0<\/span>2014. On average, 10,000 people were killed each year from 2011 to 2015\u2014one person killed\u00a0<\/span>every 51 minutes in 2015. That\u2019s the equivalent of 20 jumbo jets crashing each year, with no\u00a0<\/span>survivors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the Labor Day holiday period in 2015, there were 460 crash fatalities nationwide. Forty\u00a0<\/span>percent of those fatal crashes involved drivers who had been drinking (.01+ BAC). Of those\u00a0<\/span>alcohol-related fatal crashes, one third (33%) involved drivers who were drunk (.08+ BAC), and\u00a0<\/span>nearly one-fourth (23%) involved drivers who were driving with a BAC almost twice the illegal\u00a0<\/span>limit (.15+ BAC). Nighttime is the most dangerous time to be out on the roads: During the 2015\u00a0<\/span>Labor Day holiday period, 78 percent of drunk-driving crash fatalities occurred between 6 pm\u00a0<\/span>and 5:59 am<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re stressing the dangers of driving impaired to our community,\u201d said Joey East<\/strong>, Chief of\u00a0<\/span>police. \u201cIf you\u2019re out on the roads and you see someone driving impaired, please call us. You\u00a0<\/span>could help save a life.\u201d\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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