Don’t Let Halloween Turn Into A Nightmare Due To DUI

With more than half of the nation’s traffic fatalities over Halloween weekend related to alcohol, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet/Department of Highways District 11 announced the launch of a strong push this Halloween season to remind all party-goers to always remember to designate a sober driver.

“Halloween is most often thought of as a time for family fun – full of funny costumes, trick-or-treating with the kids and the annual haunted houses,” said Sandy Rudder,  Public Information Officer, “But unfortunately, Halloween has also become a very dangerous and deadly time of year due to a jump in drunk driving.”

In fact, 53 percent of all highway fatalities across the nation over Halloween weekend in 2003 were alcohol-related – and 45 percent of the total fatalities involved a driver with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level of 0.08 or higher -- the legal limit in every state including Kentucky.

That’s why the KY Transportation Cabinet/ Department of Highways is joining with other national, state and local highway safety officials this season to aggressively promote the designated driver message before the Halloween parties begin.

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