PORTLAND, OREGON (BNO NEWS) – Fifty-eight drivers were arrested this weekend for drunk driving in Oregon, state authorizes said on Monday.
Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers had approximately the same number of DUII arrests this year compared to last year’s Super Bowl weekend.
Fourteen DUII arrests were reported by OSP Springfield Area Command office, eight by the Salem Area Command office, and the Portland and Tualatin Area offices reported seven each.
The troopers did not report any fatal accidents during the weekend, although one occurred Friday evening when a female pedestrian was struck and killed on Highway 34 near Seven Mile Lane.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Super Bowl Sunday has become one of the nation’s most dangerous days on the roadways due to impaired driving, as 48 percent of the fatalities happened in crashes where a driver or motorcycle rider had a blood alcohol concentration level of .08 percent or higher.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Former Seattle Police Officer has highest BAC level in King County, Snohomish County or Skagit County ever
By Peyton Whitely and Sharon Pian Chan
Seattle Times Eastside bureau
A former Seattle police officer returned the highest blood-alcohol reading ever recorded by a Washington state driver, and she was charged with driving under the influence Wednesday.
Deana F. Jarrett, of Woodinville, registered a 0.47 percent blood-alcohol reading after striking two cars April 11, said Trooper Jeff Merrill, public-information officer for the State Patrol. The legal limit in Washington is 0.08 percent.
For more information on this story please check out the following link:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003672880_webalcohol19m.html
For information on your Washington State DUI please contact our Snohomish County DUI attorneys, King County DUI attorneys, Island County DUI attorneys, or Skagit County DUI attorneys at 425-493-1115 or check out our website at http://www.washdui.com
Seattle Times Eastside bureau
A former Seattle police officer returned the highest blood-alcohol reading ever recorded by a Washington state driver, and she was charged with driving under the influence Wednesday.
Deana F. Jarrett, of Woodinville, registered a 0.47 percent blood-alcohol reading after striking two cars April 11, said Trooper Jeff Merrill, public-information officer for the State Patrol. The legal limit in Washington is 0.08 percent.
For more information on this story please check out the following link:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003672880_webalcohol19m.html
For information on your Washington State DUI please contact our Snohomish County DUI attorneys, King County DUI attorneys, Island County DUI attorneys, or Skagit County DUI attorneys at 425-493-1115 or check out our website at http://www.washdui.com
Sunday, February 7, 2010
DUI deaths reduced in Nation and in Snohomish County, Skagit County, Island County and King County
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Washington is among 40 states in which drunken-driving fatality rates have declined, according to the Transportation Department.
Nationally, 11,773 people were killed in drunken-driving crashes in 2008 for a rate of 0.4 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, the department said Monday. In 2007, 13,041 motorists were killed in alcohol-impaired crashes for a rate of 0.43.
Fifty fewer people in Washington died in drunken-driving crashes in 2008 over 2007.
Vermont, Wisconsin, Maine, Nebraska, Minnesota, Connecticut, South Dakota and Arizona, plus the District of Columbia, saw fatality rates involving alcohol-linked crashes decline by 20 percent or more.
The rates were virtually unchanged in three states — Delaware, Florida and Pennsylvania — but increased in seven states: New Hampshire, Kansas, Wyoming, Rhode Island, Idaho, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Chuck Hurley, chief executive officer of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, noted that improvements were made in states such as New Mexico and Arizona that have adopted tough laws using breath-monitoring ignition interlock devices for offenders.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have set a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 as drivers’ legal limit.
States that made the most progress on impaired driving fatalities had been the most aggressive in arresting and prosecuting offenders and using patrols and checkpoints to keep their roads safe, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.
For information on your Washington State DUI please contact our Snohomish County DUI attorneys, King County DUI attorneys, Island County DUI attorneys, or Skagit County DUI attorneys at 425-493-1115 or check out our website at http://www.washdui.com
WASHINGTON — Washington is among 40 states in which drunken-driving fatality rates have declined, according to the Transportation Department.
Nationally, 11,773 people were killed in drunken-driving crashes in 2008 for a rate of 0.4 per 100 million vehicle miles traveled, the department said Monday. In 2007, 13,041 motorists were killed in alcohol-impaired crashes for a rate of 0.43.
Fifty fewer people in Washington died in drunken-driving crashes in 2008 over 2007.
Vermont, Wisconsin, Maine, Nebraska, Minnesota, Connecticut, South Dakota and Arizona, plus the District of Columbia, saw fatality rates involving alcohol-linked crashes decline by 20 percent or more.
The rates were virtually unchanged in three states — Delaware, Florida and Pennsylvania — but increased in seven states: New Hampshire, Kansas, Wyoming, Rhode Island, Idaho, Oklahoma and Colorado.
Chuck Hurley, chief executive officer of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, noted that improvements were made in states such as New Mexico and Arizona that have adopted tough laws using breath-monitoring ignition interlock devices for offenders.
All 50 states and the District of Columbia have set a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 as drivers’ legal limit.
States that made the most progress on impaired driving fatalities had been the most aggressive in arresting and prosecuting offenders and using patrols and checkpoints to keep their roads safe, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.
For information on your Washington State DUI please contact our Snohomish County DUI attorneys, King County DUI attorneys, Island County DUI attorneys, or Skagit County DUI attorneys at 425-493-1115 or check out our website at http://www.washdui.com
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