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DDOT, Region Launch Anti-Drunk Driving Campaign
DDOT joined the Metropolitan Police Department and police departments from Fairfax and Montgomery Counties to kick off Checkpoint Strikeforce, a regional six-month anti-drunk driving campaign.
The campaign was launched in the late afternoon on August 26 on Canal Road, just west of Georgetown's many bars and taverns, with a sobriety checkpoint to intercept and deter happy hour drunk driving. Officers administered field sobriety tests, a key part of drunk driving dissuasion.
“Drinking and driving do not mix and this regional campaign, melding enhanced and targeted law enforcement with public education is the proven way to decrease alcohol-related traffic accidents and deaths,” said Dan Tangherlini, DDOT director. “We want people to enjoy our city’s nightlife but not drink and drive; we must reduce alcohol-related crashes in the District, Maryland and Virginia.”
The kickoff included Kurt Erickson, head of the Washington Regional Alcohol Program, Debbie Hardy, whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver, and Elizabeth Baker, regional administer of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which awarded a grant for Checkpoint Strikeforce.
Checkpoint Strikeforce features weekly checkpoints and extended hours in the District and a $320,000 radio campaign aimed at the hard-to-reach 21-to-35 male driver.
Implied Consent is a factor in DUI for some states
Delaware has an "implied consent" law. That means if you drive in Delaware and are suspected of DUI, you voluntarily agree to a chemical test to determine the degree of impairment. Failure to take the test carries a penalty of loss of license and/or driving privileges for a period of one year for a 1st offense, 18 months for a 2nd offense and 24 months for the 3rd subsequent offense, in addition to the penalties for DUI.
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Definition:
Intoxication as we know it is not required for one to be guilty of drunk driving. Your condition may be enough for you to be found guilty of a drunk driving offense under the current definition of the law.
Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN)
Definition:
Horizontal gaze nystagmus is a naturally occurring involuntary jerking of the eyeballs as they gaze side to side. It is theorized that when a person is impaired by alcohol, the nystagmus (the jerking of the eyeballs) is magnified or pronounced.
Vehicular Homicide
Definition:
Vehicular homicide is the killing of another person by one’s unlawful or negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
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