SPD Increases Impaired Driving Enforcement During Holiday Season

Postado 12-04-17

The Sevierville Police Department is partnering with the Tennessee Highway Safety Office to increase impaired-driving enforcement from December 13 - 31, surrounding the holiday season. The THSO’s statewide Booze It and Lose It campaign is part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over nationwide mobilization.

SPD officers will be concentrating on DUI enforcement and conduct enhanced patrols during this period.

“The holiday season is a special time of the year for family and friends to gather in celebration,” said SPD Chief Don Myers. “A DUI arrest or worse, a serious crash, will negatively impact your life and those around you forever.”

O aumento das mensagens estaduais e nacionais sobre os perigos de dirigir sob o efeito do álcool, juntamente com o aumento dos postos de controle de sobriedade e a fiscalização de alta visibilidade, visam reduzir drasticamente o número de acidentes, ferimentos e mortes por dirigir sob o efeito do álcool neste ano.

“We ask all Tennesseans to please drive safely this holiday season,” said THSO Director Vic Donoho. “In December 2016, more than 500 traffic crashes statewide involved a drunk driver. Our state and local law enforcement partners will be out in full force to secure Tennessee roadways. We want everyone to make it home safely, so please designate a sober driver.”

As consequências de uma única condenação por DUI para um réu primário no estado do Tennessee podem incluir multas caras, custas judiciais, honorários advocatícios, pena de prisão, tratamento obrigatório com drogas e álcool e/ou a instalação de um dispositivo de intertravamento de ignição em seu /seu veículo.

The THSO provides grant funding to support SPD’s increased enforcement efforts during the Booze It and Lose It holiday campaign. For more information about the THSO, please visit www.tntrafficsafety.org.