Hinsdale Police Hold Memorial Day Holiday Enforcement Campaign

Hinsdale, IL– The Memorial Day holiday is upon us, and if you’re celebrating with a drink, the Hinsdale Police Department has a message for you: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

Because of the increase in drunk driving-related fatalities around holidays each year, law enforcement agencies across America will be actively searching for and arresting drunk drivers.

The Memorial Day Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign will run from May 16 to 30.

In 2013, 10,076 people were killed in drunk driving crashes in the U.S., almost a third of all traffic fatalities. Of the 10,076 people who were killed in impaired driving crashes in 2013, 65 percent were the drunk drivers themselves. Those 6,515 drunk drivers planned on making it to their destinations, but they didn’t.

Please follow these tips to keep this Memorial Day safe and happy:

• Even one drink can impair your judgment and increase the risk of getting arrested for driving drunk – or worse, the risk of having a crash.
• If you will be drinking, plan ahead; designate a sober driver before the party begins. Don’t drive.
• If you have been drinking, do not drive. Call a taxi, phone a sober friend or family member, use public transportation.

Remember, driving after drinking should never be an option. Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. The recent law enforcement crackdown is coordinated by the Illinois Department of Transportation as part of the statewide Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign.

Submitted by the Hinsdale Police Department.