GLASGOW – The Glasgow Police Department announced Wednesday that they’re joining the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and law enforcement throughout the nation for the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign Aug. 18 to Sept. 4.
According to the KOHS, last year in Kentucky there were 4,127 total crashes involving an impaired driver, resulting in 1,990 injuries and 189 deaths. Of the 1,575 total motorcycle crashes last year, 749 involved only the motorcyclist (single-vehicle crash). Of those single vehicle crashes, 44 involved alcohol, resulting in 32 injuries and 11 deaths.
Last year during the Labor Day holiday weekend, there were 76 crashes involving an impaired driver, resulting in 44 injuries and one death.
According to NHTSA, high-visibility enforcement such as the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign reduces alcohol-impaired driving fatalities by as much as 20 percent.
“Driving impaired is simply not worth the risk.”
