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Phoenix and East Valley DUI Enforcement over Memorial Day Weekend The Arizona Department of Highway Safety (DPS) announced its plans to conduct a statewide highway-safety campaign.
The “Safety Team” is composed of Arizona DPS, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS), and Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
New CDC statistics reveal 38 million Americans binge drink 4 times per month; six people die from alcohol poisoning every day.
How to Make Your Arizona Experience Sensational with Alcohol Safety
Arizona, the Valley of the Sun, sees an average 37 million people visit each year. Some visitors are here to enjoy the spectacular Grand Canyon, Sonora Desert, Hoover Dam, Monument Valley, majestic Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon, historic Jerome, Desert Botanical Gardens, other National Parks and Recreational Areas. Some are here on business, attending one of Arizona’s many colleges, universities, or trade schools. Some are participating or here to watch live professional sporting events, popular concerts or other shows. Others just simply want to get away from the ice, snow and freezing temperatures, to bask in the warm sun of in the fall and winter.
Extreme & Aggravated DUI on Priority Arrest List; but all Impaired Drivers at Risk
The Arizona Department of Public Safety announced today that it expects heavy travel traffic in the state this week. Officers will be looking out for motorists driving impaired due to drugs or alcohol, distracted, drowsy, and impatient driving. History reveals that these factors result in arrests, and have proven to cause serious injury and deadly crashes.
During the winter months, the state of Arizona draws many visitors for its warm sunny weather, to visit family and friends, and to enjoy the many outdoor activities and attractions our sunny state has to offer. This is particularly true around the holidays.
Causes and Consequences of Extreme DUI and Super Extreme DUI Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) The Wednesday evening, before Thanksgiving, is sometimes referred to in pop culture as “Blackout Wednesday”. It earned this nickname, due to the popularity of binge drinking that night.
Though the term is used loosely, binge drinking and its consequences are very serious matters. According to the National Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Binge drinking can lead to loss of consciousness, coma, and death when alcohol is consumed rapidly in large amounts.
The CDC reports that excessive drinking was responsible for 88,000 deaths in 2013. Binge drinking leads to extraordinarily high levels of Blood-Alcohol Content (BAC) at or above .08 percent BAC during a short period of time. It is defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as drinking 4 or 5 alcoholic beverages within about 2 hours.
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