Edison Police Cracking Down On Drunk Driving This December

EDISON, NJ — Edison Police are cracking down on drunk driving this holiday season, as part of the annual statewide "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign.

The campaign starts on Dec. 7 and runs through New Year's Day. State and local patrols, including Edison police, will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints to look for possible drunk drivers.

“During the last five years New Jersey has experienced nearly 38,000 alcohol involved crashes resulting in more than 700 fatalities" Edison Lt. Robert Dudash Jr. said. “This is a critical law enforcement program that can save lives during a time of the year when impaired driving traditionally increases by nearly 10 percent.”

Twenty percent of all fatal crashes in New Jersey in 2017 involved alcohol, and drunk driving crashes kills more than 10,000 annually in America.

Police shared tips for safely getting to and from your destination when you plan on drinking:

• Take mass transit, a taxicab, or ask a sober friend to drive you home.
• Spend the night where the activity or party is held.
• If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact law enforcement. Your actions may save someone’s life, and inaction could cost a life.
• Always buckle-up, every ride. It’s your best defense against an impaired driver.
• If you are intoxicated and traveling on foot, the safest way to get home is to take a cab or have a sober friend or family member drive or escort you to your doorstep.

Be responsible. If someone you know is drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel.

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