Sheriff: 'Fans Don't Let Fans Drive Drunk' on Super Bowl Sunday
Sheriff Rich Stanek reminds football fans to not drive drunk.
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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
Sheriff: 'Fans Don't Let Fans Drive Drunk' on Super Bowl Sunday
Sheriff Rich Stanek reminds football fans to not drive drunk.
Editor's Note: The following is a Hennepin County Sheriff's Office press release. The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office urges you to help spread an important safety message to the public about designating a sober driver on Super Bowl Sunday — Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk. Impaired-driving crashes—and fatalities—can be prevented by designating a sober driver and using common sense prevention: Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the National Football League and TEAM (Techniques for Effective Alcohol Management)
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Blog: Why Don't We Let Youth Drink at Age 18?
'In the 1970s and 1980s the minimum legal drinking age became a traffic safety problem as it became calculable that youth’s traffic crashes increased when states lowered the drinking age.'
Monday, July 9, 2012
The Dumbest Decision You Could Ever Make
Another senseless tragedy leads me to believe that there are few things dumber than getting drunk and deciding to drive.
I'm going to try not to lecture anyone today. I'm going to try, but I'm not promising anything. I'm not promising anything because, frankly, I'm sick to my stomach. And I'm sick of this happening. When I was 18 years old, which was 20 years ago, my parents came into my bedroom one summer morning and told me that a classmate—a friend—had passed away, tragically, after he left a party on his motorcycle and never made it to his destination. I had seen him the night before. I knew. Fast-forward 20 years later. I grabbed my phone just for a moment, checking Facebook. Amazing how receiving the same sort of news has changed. Three people, whom I knew, were senselessly killed on Interstate 94 west of my former town of West Fargo. The driver…
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
New DWI Law Hitting Minnesota Books on July 1
Ignition interlock devices will become mandatory in a number of cases.
A new law going into effect on Friday will further crack down on drunk drivers in Minnesota. Under the new law, repeat DWI offenders and first-time offenders whose alcohol concentration is at least double the legal limit of 0.08 will have to use an ignition interlock device to drive legally in the state. The law is a statewide expansion of a successful pilot program, which is already in place in Hennepin County. An ignition interlock device is a breathalyzer, installed in a motor vehicle's dashboard, that tests a driver's blood-alcohol concentration before the vehicle can be started. If a driver’s breath exceeds a preset alcohol content limit—which will be 0.02 under the new law—the car won’t start. Also, once the engine has started, the…
Emily B
10:12 pm on Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Some people might complain that this is the gov't stepping too far in to our lives, but as a victim of a hit and run 4th time drunk driver when I was in high school (fortunately not hurt), I feel this law is long overdue. We tolerate drunk driving beyond imagination in this country and this could be a very helpful step in reducing the heartache caused by tragic accidents. more ›