Missouri Highway Patrol Cracking Down on Holiday Drunk Driving
Impaired driving contributes to 30 percent of all Missouri traffic fatalities.
Captain Ronald S. Johnson, commanding officer of Troop C of the Missouri Highway Patrol, wants to remind everyone about the dangers of drinking and driving. The sobering fact is that impaired driving contributes to 30 percent of all Missouri traffic fatalities. In 2010, 234 people were killed and 957 people were seriously injured in crashes involving an impaired driver. July 1-4, the Missouri State Highway Patrol will join other Missouri law enforcement agencies in cracking down on drunk driving. The MSHP will participate in statewide sobriety checkpoints and DWI saturations. Consequences of driving while intoxicated include jail time, loss of driver licenses or being sentenced to use ignition interlocks. Insurance rates rise and other…
