20th Safe & Sober Planner Operation ABC You Drink & Drive. You Lose. Call To Action Activities Guide Table of Contents Introduction How to Plan and Conduct National Events Community and Civic Law Enforcement Medical and Health Care Educators and Schools Employers Prosecutors and Judges Armed Forces A Dozen Great Ideas! Media Outreach Sample Media Materials Sample Proclamation Ideas for Year-Round Driving Efforts 3D Prevention Month Coalition 3D Prevention Month Grantss Resources Available Tell Us About It! Fact Sheets Program Brochure Resource Guide

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SALT LAKE CITY DUI SATURATION PATROLS HELP SLASH IMPAIRED DRIVING DEATHS The Salt Lake City Police Department and the Utah Highway Patrol, together with trained citizen volunteers, have been staging saturation patrols one night per month (usually a Friday or Saturday) in targeted locations throughout the city. Since the program’s inception in March 1996, officers have made 450 DUI arrests in 27 nights. Prior to these saturation patrols, Salt Lake City averaged 8-10 alcohol related fatalities each year. That number has been reduced to 1-2 per year since the program started. The teams – about 30 police officers and 20 volunteers who have been trained as spotters of erratic driving behavior – work from 10:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., supported by an on-site mobile alcohol enforcement testing unit. Additional logistical and public support for the efforts is provided by the Utah Highway Safety Office and Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Additional arrests have been made for other violations including auto theft, assault, prostitution, and weapons offenses. For additional information contact: K. Craig Allred Director Utah Office of Highway Safety 5263 South 300 West, suite 202 Salt Lake City, UT 84107 Phone: 801-293-2481 Fax: 801-293-2498

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CHECKPOINT TENNESSEE NABS 9,300 SCOFFLAWS Research shows that sobriety checkpoints – coupled with widespread publicity – are one of the most effective tools in the fight against impaired driving. NHTSA encourages the use of sobriety checkpoints as one way to help achieve the national goal of no more than 11,000 alcohol-related traffic deaths by 2005. One very successful effort is "Checkpoint Tennessee," a statewide effort to crack down on impaired drivers, as well as safety belt and child safety seat violations. Between April 1, 1994 and March 31, 1995, police agencies across the state conducted nearly 900 checkpoints and made contact with more than 140,000 drivers. Findings indicate that more than 800 arrests for DUI were made, along with an additional 1,500 citations for safety belt or child safety seat violations. In addition, officers issued over 7,000 citations for other traffic and vehicle offenses, including drug, stolen vehicle and weapons violations. Research also indicates a 20 percent decrease in alcohol-related fatal crashes and a six percent increase in seat belt use during the checkpoint period. The program had popular support as well – more than 90 percent of drivers favor the use of sobriety checkpoints to enforce drinking and driving laws. To order An Evaluation of Checkpoint Tennessee: Tennessee’s Statewide Sobriety Checkpoint Program (DOT HS 808 841, January 1999) or for additional information contact: James C. Fell Research and Evaluation Division National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20590 Phone: 202-366-5592 Fax: 202-366-7096

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VEHICLE IMPOUNDMENT: A GOOD DETERRENT IN CALIFORNIA While driver license suspension has been shown to be effective as a deterrent to impaired driving, many drivers with suspended or revoked licenses continue to drive illegally, collecting additional citations and becoming involved in crashes. To reduce the occurrence of driving by offenders with suspended licenses (and those who never had a license), the state of California enacted a law in 1995 that permits law enforcement officers to arrest these kind of offenders and to initiate the seizure and impoundment of their vehicles for up to 30 days. A NHTSA-supported study examined over 12,000 offenders over a one-year period. About half had their vehicles impounded. The results are impressive and provide strong support for impounding vehicles of offenders who drive with suspended/revoked licenses or drive unlicensed: First offenders whose vehicles were impounded had 23.8 percent fewer driving-while-suspended (DWS) or driving-while-unlicensed (DWU) convictions, 18.1 percent fewer traffic convictions and 24.7 percent fewer crashes than first offenders whose vehicles were not impounded. Repeat offenders whose vehicles were impounded had 34.7 percent fewer DWS an DWU convictions, 22.3 percent fewer traffic convictions and 37.6 percent fewer crashes than repeat offenders whose vehicles were not impounded. To order An Evaluation of the Specific Deterrent Effect of Vehicle Impoundment on Suspended, Revoked or Unlicensed Drivers in California (DOT HS 808 727, November 1997) or for additional information contact: Marvin Levy Research and Evaluation Division National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 400 Seventh Street, SW Washington, DC 20590 Phone: 202-366-5597 Fax: 202-366-7096 E-mail: mlevy@nhtsa.dot.gov

For information on a comprehensive impaired driving program and resources available to you, see the You Drink & Drive. You Lose. materials included in this Program Planner.