The California Highway Patrol has reported more DUIs over the Labor Day weekend compared to last year, but fewer fatalities this year in the Bay Area.
In the Bay Area CHP jurisdiction, there were 258 DUI arrests compared to 252 suspected drunken drivers last year. In 2010 the Labor Day holiday weekend saw two fatalities compared to one fatal collision this year, according to CHP reports.
Agencies from Santa Clara County reported 439 arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Last year, 385 people were arrested, officials said.
In San Mateo County, holiday weekend enforcement agencies reported 211 DUI arrests, compared to 224 arrests last year over the same Friday-through-Monday-night period, officials said.
Statewide DUI arrests and fatalities were up over the long weekend. Twenty-two people were killed in CHP jurisdictions, compared to 16 in 2010. This year, 19 of the people killed were not wearing seatbelts. One motorcyclist was killed, as was a pedestrian, CHP officials said.
The CHP said they continue to advise all drivers to buckle up, obey all speed laws and always have a designated driver.
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> Statewide DUI arrests and fatalities were up over the long weekend.
> Twenty-two people were killed in CHP jurisdictions, compared to 16 in
> 2010. This year, 19 of the people killed were not wearing seatbelts.
> One motorcyclist was killed, as was a pedestrian, CHP officials said.
Hmmm .. so how many of those killed over the long weekend were drunk?
Hundreds of DUI arrests in just our county. And that is not counting the ones that got away. Our roads are way too dangerous. How many of those 22 fatalities were innocent people that were killed by drunk drivers?
How many of those DUIs were caught by roadblocks? Isn’t it about time that practice be abandoned and the patrollers put back on the street where they belong?