53 arrested in statewide DUI crackdown
August 23rd, 2008, 1:40 pm · 12 Comments · posted by Nick R. Martin
A statewide DUI crackdown collared 53 people on suspicion of drunken driving overnight, according to a statement released this morning by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. That figure raises the number of arrests during a three-week operation to 170. The crackdown began on Aug. 15 and lasts until Labor Day, with as many as 50 agencies participating statewide.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I hope the DUI task force is also checking all these drunks to see if they are in this country Illegaly??
Please do NOT let an Illegal drunk back on our streets, to endanger other people……….DO NOT let ANY drunks on our streets. Lock them ALL up….
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
How about we look up your immigrant status
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Wouldn’t you just KNOW that someone would bring the subject of illegal immigrants into a DUI issue? I believe people should come here legally, too, but one cannot simply be OBSESSED with illegals….people who are need to get a grip.
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Where’s all the crybabies that think this is another farce that involves lawbreakers?
August 23rd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
DUI checkpoints net a large percentage of ILLEGAL ALIENS because mexicans think driving drunk is ok! Thats how they drive back in mee-hee-coo.
These ILLEGAL ALIENS have now committed 2 crimes, DUI and sneaking over the border! Round up their whole families and THROW them back over the border where they belong!
AUDIOS!
August 23rd, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Silver and Deporter are correct!
August 25th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Most of the fatals in AZ are caused by sober driver’s. It just is more eye-
catching to the news reading public to publish stories of drunk driving.
95% of all accidents are caused by sober driver’s. AZDOT.gov.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
you cant even have a glass of wine with dinner-its still under the influence,lovely laws,btw they are making lots and lots of money.
August 28th, 2008 at 4:52 am
FYI: The BAC level is no longer .08. The law was changed without the public’s knowledge several years back. The .08 level is used to distinguish between an extreme DUI or a regular DUI, the latter being anywhere between .01 to .08 (or maybe .07.)
Ergo, if you drink a thimbleful of wine with your dinner, proceed to drive home, and are stopped by police you’ll be arrested for ‘driving while impaired’ since the slightest amount of alcohol is considered cause impairment.
Your fines’ll be the same, your license suspension the same, and spending 24 hours in Tent City will happen just the same as if you’d been arrested with a BAC over what used to be, and most people are still unaware of this fact, the legal limit. And, after all, isn’t collecting those fines what this surrepticious new change in the law was all about?
There is NO legal limit any more except zero alcohol.
August 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Ms. Keller, the DUI laws are some of the most visible and the public is very aware of them and the current levels. Sorry, nothing was sneaked in several years ago. You sound sincere and are well spoken but your comments are not factual. Back to the library. The DUI law and its levels are quite clear and have been for years. Yes, there were changes but I guess you didn’t get that memo. Sorry.