A campaign warning of the dangers of impaired driving is taking place over the upcoming Labor Day weekend.
The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched the annual Labor Day ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ national enforcement mobilization campaign.
“Driving while impaired, whether from alcohol or drugs, endangers you and everyone else on the road,” said NHTSA Deputy Administrator, Sophie Shulman.
“Even one drink can affect your driving ability and, if you choose to drive, the consequences can be deadly.”
The campaign will see law enforcement officers working with their communities to prevent impaired driving.
Recent NHTSA data shows that alcohol-impaired-driving traffic fatalities comprised 32 per cent of all traffic fatalities in 2022, and more than a third (40 per cent) of US states are above that national average.
While traffic fatalities in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes decreased by 0.7 per cent — from 13,617 to 13,524 fatalities from 2021 to 2022 — one alcohol-impaired-driving fatality still occurred on average every 39 minutes.
