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Halloween hunt on for DUI drivers Friday

Fri, 10/17/2008 - 3:30pm
By: The Citizen

Next Friday night could be a scary one for motorists in Peachtree City who are driving under the influence.

City police will be joining Fayetteville police, Fayette County sheriff’s deputies, Coweta County traffic deputies and the Georgia State Patrol in conducting roadblocks targeted at DUI offenders.

Trailers outfitted with blood alcohol testing units will be on hand, and wreckers will also be nearby to tow vehicles that are impounded from drunk drivers, police said.

The Halloween holiday is known for putting impaired drivers on the road, with 44 percent of all Halloween highway fatalities involving drivers who are intoxicated past legal limits, which in Georgia is a .08 blood alcohol concentration.

“Cinco de Mayo, St. Patrick’s Day, and now, Halloween have morphed into truly terrifying nights of deadly drinking and driving deaths on the Georgia social calendar,” says Director Bob Dallas of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “Halloween should be a time for scary costumes, trick or treats with the kids, and good family fun. But we’re not talking kids’ stuff anymore. And neither are the cops. That’s why state and local traffic enforcement in communities across Metro Atlanta will be out in force this Halloween with a high visibility DUI enforcement blitz to crack down on drunk drivers.”

For more information on traffic safety programs sponsored by the Peachtree City Police Department go to www.peachtree-city.org/traffic, or contact any member of the Community Response Team at 770-487-8866, or email traffic@peachtree-city.org.

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Roadblocks for DUI drivers,
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Submitted by carbonunit52 on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 9:40am.

A great thing to do, and not just on Halloween. Not to worry about the advanced notice tipping off the potential offenders, it will not make a dent in the number or severity of the offenses that are found. Nothing stops a repeat offender except getting caught and being processed through the system. I know this for a fact, because 24 years ago, there went me. It not only takes impaired drivers off of the highway, it is the nadir that so many people need in order to start dealing with their substance abuse problem, speaking of which, usually start in the high school years. The threads on the cheer leaders getting caught under the influence highlights this. I learned a lot when I took the mandatory education dictated by the DUI laws, and I realized that this very information should have been taught to everyone in high school. All of us are affected by substance abuse, either with our personal use or the use of people we deal with on a daily basis. My personal experience was a combination of ignorance and denial, until both became untenable.

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