Halloween Impaired Drivers Beware

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Halloween Impaired Drivers Beware

By KBJR News 1

Story Published: Oct 31, 2009 at 2:50 PM CST

Story Updated: Oct 31, 2009 at 8:59 PM CST

Minnesota Law Enforcement officials will be trick-or-treating for impaired drivers tonight.

Experts say Halloween has become one of the biggest party nights of the year.

Officials say more people are expected to be celebrating this time around since Halloween falls on a Saturday this year.

During Minnesota Halloween party weekends... from the years 2006 to 2008, officials say seven of 15 traffic deaths were alcohol-related.

During this period, officials say about 1,400 motorists were arrested for driving while intoxicated.

Cheri Marti with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety explains, "What we're concerned about is people getting behind the wheel and driving after being buzzed or truly being impaired. So that is a risk on Halloween."

Authorities would like to remind party-goers to plan a safe-ride home before indulging in the Halloween festivities.

Sunday, Nov 1 at 9:58 PM crooked jew wrote ...

the cops never caught me saturday night and i was drunk but i was riding a broom but i did hit a power line, that did hurt

Sunday, Nov 1 at 4:29 PM Anonymous wrote ...

If you have brains and drink, thats laughable right there, when you drink its changes the way you think. 95 percemt you say, so its the other 5 percent that are creating all the traffic fatalities. Hmm doest seem to add up to me. Im not saying smoking is good for you, But im definatly saying drunk behind the wheel is a choice that a achohol clouded mind makes. Smoking is not the issue here, drunk driving is, so please get off your soap box and stick to the issue at hand. Thanks

Sunday, Nov 1 at 1:58 PM Oldenuftonobtr wrote ...

Smoking&drinking kills, yes. But nothing more horrible than the slow miserable death that comes from smoking. If you have brains and drink, you don't drive, period. If you do drive, you have few brains. If you have brains and smoke, think long and hard about what it feels like to end your life breathing thru a pillow, and then you do die slowly in the end, but so do others who had to breathe your disgusting exhaust.

Sunday, Nov 1 at 12:13 PM Anonymous wrote ...

Yeah well I would rather smoke and "kill myself slowly" as you put it than have a drunk behind the wheel destroy my family!

Sunday, Nov 1 at 8:28 AM Anonymous wrote ...

well smoking is killing you and everyone around you every single time you light up, so those very few that are actually intoxicated enough and get behind a wheel don't quite match up to a smokers stupidity. because 95% of people who go out and have more than enough drinks to drive get a ride home. Those who smoke 100% of the time are killing people slowly....

Sunday, Nov 1 at 3:04 AM minnesotamom wrote ...

I think they need to raise the taxes on booze n beer just like they do to us smokers then mabey there wont be so many drunks on the road killin other people or themselves seems like no one has a back bone to say that bar taxes need to be raised why they always picken on the smokers i have yet to hear of a fatal accident or or any kind of that nature over smoking wile driving to be honest id be happy if they out lawed it i cant stand it it makes me sick toknow there are ppl out there drinkin

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