Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes. In 2008, 11,773 people died in highway crashes involving a driver or motorcycle rider with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or higher.

In California 1,029 were killed on state and local roads driving with a .08 blood alcohol content or higher with another 28,457 injured in alcohol involved collisions.

That is why ‘Avoid the 8-Yolo County’ announced it will be joining with law enforcement across California and the nation until Jan. 3, to take part in the ‘Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest’ crackdown on impaired driving.

Across the state there will be 300 DUI/Drivers License Checkpoints, DUI Task Force operations, and hundreds of local DUI roving patrols in an effort to make this holiday season free from another senseless dunk driving death.

“We continue to see far too many people suffer debilitating injuries and loss of their loved ones as a result of impaired driving. This careless disregard for human life must stop,” said Landy Black, chief Davis PD. “To help ensure that this happens, the Avoid the 8 partners are dedicated to arresting impaired drivers. To help, we ask everyone, ‘Report Drunk Drivers. Call 911!’”

Avoid the 8-Yolo County law enforcement agencies will staff officers at a checkpoint in the city of West Sacramento, and two local DUI Patrols in every community in Yolo County. CHP will be staffing 80 percent of all available officers during the 4 Day Christmas and New Years holiday weekends.

In 2008 1,397 individuals were arrested for DUI in Yolo County, there were 11 DUI related deaths with 129 DUI related injuries.

The DUI Enforcement Campaign is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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