Taimoor Rana is seasoned criminal defense attorney specializing in DUI related cases. He shares his expert legal opinion here Holiday DUI Arrests Up From Last Year »
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- According to the CHP officials, the California Highway Patrol has made more DUI arrests in the Bay Area and statewide during the holiday enforcement period, till now, as compared to the last year.
So far, the CHP officers in the Bay Area have arrested 39 drivers suspected of driving under the influence, which is quite higher than last year’s total of 24 arrests from 6 p.m. Thursday through 6 a.m. today, as told by the CHP.
From all over the states, CHP has arrested 246 drivers for allegedly driving under the influence, whereas the agency had arrested 167 drivers last year during the same enforcement period.
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300,000 Repeat DUI Offenders? Time to Act »
The figures have clearly shown that no doubt, California has a major drunken driving problem. Up till now, more than 300,000 drivers in the state have had three or more DUI convictions, whereas more than 40,000 have had five.
The numbers are truly devastating. In 2007, drunk drivers in California were involved in 53,261 accidents that killed about1,501 Californians, not to mention the endless injuries.
According to the Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, the huge numbers can be reduced by installing ignition interlock devices on vehicles that are owned or operated by people convicted of drunken driving. This way, the car won’t start until the driver blows into the device and is found to be clear.
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