The Riverside County Board of Supervisors is looking at a campaign to raise awareness and prevention of driving under the influence.
Tuesday, during its regularly scheduled meeting, the board will consider a resolution to make December 2012 “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month.”
The intent of the proposed resolution is to “increase public awareness of the adverse effects of alcohol and drug use on drivers, even at minimal consumption levels, and to create safer highways …”
According to county documents, in 2009 there were 10,873 driving under the influence arrests in the county.
The county’s Department of Mental Health put the issue before the board with an underlying message that suggests a rethink on what is an acceptable blood alcohol concentration.
“Many drivers may be unaware their driving abilities can be seriously impaired by the use of alcohol and drugs even though their blood alcohol levels register below California Driving Under the Influence Standards,” according to the county documents.
The California Department of Motor Vehicles website states that it is illegal for any person to operate a vehicle with a:
- BAC of 0.08 percent or higher, if the person is age 21 or older
- BAC of 0.01 percent or higher, if the person is under age 21
- BAC of 0.01 percent or higher at any age, if the person is on Driving Under the Influence (DUI) probation
- BAC of 0.04 percent or higher, in any vehicle requiring a commercial driver license
"The DMV can take an administrative action against your driving privilege after you are detained or arrested, and the court may take a separate action (suspend, revoke, or delay the driver license) for the same offense. DMV’s action is related only to your driving privilege. The court’s action may involve the payment of a fine, jail time, suspension or revocation of your driving privilege, and completion of a DUI program," according to the DMV's website.
No county funding is being proposed for the December campaign, according to the county documents.
Now they are shoveling you outdated stats from 2009....... WHY. ????? And why not in REAL TIME for 2012.... WHY ??? Eventually when the masses of Americans accept the New Zealand Sheep flock mentality. Then KISS GOOD BY TO FREEDOM of the individual. We use Samsung Galaxy III and IPods, and Blackberries. devices that communicate in REAL TIME..... Are our controlling Bureaucrats so far behind the times. ??? and our DB trigger happy Cops so stupid to follow these bureau bozos...And not question thier out dateness. OH I forgot the DB Cops just want to retire on full benefits ...So do not rock the boat... DB = Dougnut Belly
Now they are shoveling you outdated stats from 2009....... WHY. ????? And why not in REAL TIME for 2012.... WHY ??? Eventually when the masses of Americans accept the New Zealand Sheep flock mentality. Then KISS GOOD BY TO FREEDOM of the individual. We use Samsung Galaxy III and IPods, and Blackberries. devices that communicate in REAL TIME..... Are our controlling Bureaucrats so far behind the times. ??? and our DB trigger happy Cops so stupid to follow these bureau bozos...And not question thier out dateness. OH I forgot the DB Cops just want to retire on full benefits ...So do not rock the boat... DB = Dougnut Belly
Any changes that give more of a warning on drunk driving, stopping this, is great. A Tvor, GAL, I am not saying take away YOUR drinking rights, because I am sure you too follow the rules as they are now. I think eventually if it does continue to get worse that maybe it does need to be configured by age groups however. IF that is even any help, I wouldnt know until we tried that one. I also agree, why in the world are we using 2009 figures here folks? 3 years ago? We have at least 3 drunk drivers arrested a night in Temecula alone, most nights 5 on up. Now add in all the other Cities in Riverside County and tell me how many that would be for 2012? Surely someone must be ed-u-ma-cated enough up there in the county offices to push some buttons and find out the numbers for 2011 and 2012 to date? Also, I understand the Resolution to make Dec.2012 “National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month.” , but I do not see a proposal on how you are going to present that to the public? TV and radio spots? Flyers? Reps out to schools? Is there some plan I am missing here or just going to put that name to December?
In 2010, 211 children were killed in drunk driving crashes. Out of those 211 deaths, 131 (62 percent) were riding with the drunk driver. Every day in America, another 28 people die as a result of drunk driving crashes Drunk driving costs the United States $132 billion a year I hope its never you.........conservative creep
Yes dudes and Dudettes 72 % were non related to DUI. So why don't the DB cops and idiot bureaucrats go after the majority of criminals who cause 72 % of the fatalities on our roads.. you never read in our flaky press headlines like 3 people killed in vehicle collision . it was NOT alcohol or drug related. 72% of the time the headlines would be such . 28% of the time headlines would be alcohol related.. An evil Machiavellian ploy by bureaucrats and cops to condition and control the masses. "The intent of the proposed resolution is to “increase public awareness of the adverse effects of alcohol and drug use on drivers, even at minimal consumption levels, and to create safer highways …” But lets not talk about the 72% who kill the majority.
Your example sounds like '72% of the rocks juvenile delinquents throw off free overpasses never hit a car.' So so we just accept the 28% of their cars that hit cars and the subset of that number which crash through a windshield and cause a fatal accident? How asinine. If you want to be a cannibal, do us all a favor and start with your own feet and working your way up. And those statistics (if they are real and accurate - be a good idea to state your source) don't take into account the number of DUI drivers who cause accidents and then leave the scene - they couldn't. And this likely happens quite often. So the real figure is likely nearer 50%. Alcohol also figures in a very large percentage of domestic violence calls. If you ever want to see a cop earning his pension, see what they go through there. And a lot of cops have to take pension after becoming injured by some drunken slob trying to get past the cop to finish off his domestic partner.
an outlet to spew his hatred. Encouraging an angry person as Ethan/Dennis to drink is not good advice, with his temper and hatred toward white people nothing good would come out of it. He also hates conservatives because he sees them all as white, not people just white people.
What a cute name peanut.
He envy's white people to a degree no one else on this blog demonstrates, Dennis/Ethan and now nuke negro is simply consumed with hatred toward white people. To bad his self esteem is so low, probably had to answer to a white boss his whole life, but never had the energy or intelligence to rise above his entry level position. It's good he can release his hatred in this way, because with the hatred he displays here he may hurt someone without this type of outlet. Skin color comes up or some type of racism in 98% of his comments. Take nothing personal he says it is simply a release of built up anger.
Dennis hates white people, and his comments toward them were always angry,and full of hate, especially toward white conservatives. Vic I guess a lot more people than I thought use this blog as a way to spew hatred at white people.
Skin color does not matter, so many people focus on it instead of bettering themselves.
Otherwise he gives facts. People are dying and the people doing it are drunk or on drugs. It has to stop and whatever we can do to prevent it should be done. Unless we put a breathing device in every single car manufactured we will need hands on, as in more patrols, more check points. I would like to see a breathing device at places that serve alcohol as I believe it is partly their responsibility for how drunk someone gets and drives. Even at restaurants where we sit and watch people drink and watch football for 2 hours and go and get behind the wheel of their car. We have to get proactive or more and more people, your family, friends, can die. :/