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MADD Pennsylvania Joins Nationwide Labor Day Drunk Driving Crackdown

Philadelphia  –  Mothers  Against  Drunk  Driving  (MADD)  Pennsylvania  joined  together  with  law  enforcement  agencies  nationwide  to  launch  an  unprecedented  crackdown  to  find,  arrest  and  ultimately  deter  drunk  drivers  this  Labor  Day  weekend.

The  MADD  Pennsylvania  effort  is  a  part  of  the  National  Highway  Traffic  Safety  Administration’s  (NHTSA)  national  crackdown:  Drunk  Driving.  Over  the  Limit.  Under  Arrest.  which  combines  the  mobilization  of  thousands  of  law  enforcement  agencies  in  all  50  states  with  an  $11  million  national  advertising  campaign  to  deliver  the  message  that  if  you  drive  drunk,  you  will  be  arrested.

MADD  Pennsylvania  is  working  with  the  Philadelphia  Police  Department,  Pennsylvania  State  Police  and  the  Pennsylvania  Department  of  Transportation  to  implement  tough  enforcement  of  drunk  driving  las.  The  Pennsylvania  and  Delaware  State  Police  in  cooperation  with  multiple  municipal  and  local  police  agencies  are  launched  "Operation  Nighthawk"  in  Wilmington,  DE  on  Saturday,  August  19  at  10:00  p.m.,  which  includes  the  participation  of  more  than  50  local  law  enforcement  agencies  all  working  to  crack  down  on  drunk  driving.

PennDOT  awards  about  $1.8  million  annually  in  federal  funds  to  47  DUI  projects  across  the  state,  which  represents  the  combined  efforts  of  450  law  enforcement  agencies. Overall,  the  department  spent  about  $5  million  last  year  on  DUI  enforcement  and  education.

"We’re  giving  residents  of  Pennsylvania  fair  warning:  if  you  drive  at  or  over  the  illegal  limit  of  .08  this  Labor  Day,  you  will  be  handcuffed,  arrested  and  put  in  jail,"  warned  Philadelphia  Police  Commissioner  Sylvester  Johnson.  "We  do  this  because  it  is  the  law.  We’ve  seen  the  gruesome  crash  scenes  first  hand,  and  we  don’t  want  to  see  any  more.  High  visibility  enforcement  saves  lives  and  prevents  injuries."

New  statistics  from  NHTSA  show  that  in  2005,  16,885  people  were  killed  in  alcohol  related  crashes,  representing  39  percent  of  all  traffic  deaths.  Of  those  fatalities,  12,945  involved  a  driver  or  motorcycle  operator  with  a  BAC  of  .08  or  higher,  the  illegal  limit.  In  Pennsylvania,  523  people  were  killed  in  drunk  driving  crashes  in  2005.

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