Summer DUI enforcement campaign underway
18-day, high visibility campaign runs from Aug. 21- Sept. 7
– The San Luis Obispo County Avoid DUI Task Force is ramping up its enforcement efforts as part of a national crackdown on drunk driving. The 18-day, high-visibility campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, is a partnership with the California Office of Traffic Safety. From Aug. 21-Sept. 7 (Labor Day), law enforcement partners in San Luis Obispo County, across the state and nationwide will show zero tolerance for drunk driving. Increased state and national messaging about the dangers of driving drunk, coupled with checkpoints and increased officers on the road, aim to drastically reduce the toll of drunk driving, according to police.
In 2013, there were 10,076 people killed in drunk–driving crashes, almost a third of all traffic fatalities, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In California, 867 people died in drunk driving collisions according to the administration. Thirty-eight percent of crash fatalities on Labor Day weekend that year involved drunk drivers with a blood alcohol content of .08 percent or higher. More than a quarter (27-percent) of the crash fatalities that occurred on Labor Day weekend involved drivers with levels of .15 or higher – almost twice the illegal limit, according to the administration.
The County’s DUI Task Force kicked off Friday night by deploying three DUI/Drivers License checkpoints during the first weekend along with special 17/a DUI Saturation Patrols. DUI enforcement will continue through Monday, Sept. 7. The California Highway Patrol will deploy all available officers onto freeways and county roads as part of their maximum enforcement period over the three-day holiday weekend.
DUI/DL Checkpoints:
- Friday, Aug 31, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
- Thursday, Sept. 3, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of San Luis Obispo
- Friday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Atascadero
DUI Saturation Patrols:
- Friday, Aug. 21, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m.,City of Pismo Beach
- Friday, Aug. 21, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of San Luis Obispo
- Friday, Aug. 21, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Atascadero
- Saturday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Atascadero
- Saturday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of San Luis Obispo
- Sunday, Aug. 23, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
- Monday, Aug 24, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
- Tuesday, Aug. 25, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
- Wednesday, Aug. 26, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
- Friday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
- Friday, Aug. 28, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Atascadero
- Saturday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of San Luis Obispo
- Saturday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
- Thursday, Sept. 3, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
- Friday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
- Friday, Sept. 4, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of San Luis Obispo
- Saturday, Sep 5, 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., City of Pismo Beach
