Southeast Pennsylvania DUI Task Forces to Conduct Impaired Driving Enforcement through Saint Patrick’s Day

Southeast Pennsylvania DUI Task Forces to Conduct Impaired Driving
Enforcement through Saint Patrick's Day

3/11/2016-KING OF PRUSSIA

Southeast Pennsylvania DUI Task Forces will conduct impaired driving
enforcement operations for the St. Patrick's Day holiday which runs from
March
11 through March 19.

These operations will be in the form of sobriety checkpoints and/or roving
DUI
patrols. Law enforcement reminds drivers that Pennsylvania's legal alcohol
limit is .08 for most drivers, .04 for commercial vehicles and .02 for
school
bus operators. Responsible adults need to be aware alcohol content of what
they
are consuming.

The Southeast Pennsylvania DUI Task Forces are comprised of 70 municipal
police
departments from Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia
counties.

Additionally, the task forces are committed to reducing the number of
impaired
driving crashes, injuries, and fatalities across southeast Pennsylvania.

Methods used to achieve this goal include:

•Educating the public on the Pennsylvania Vehicle Code and DUI laws;
•Deterring motorists from driving after consuming alcohol or drugs; and
•Apprehending those who violate the laws of the Commonwealth.

The operations are part of the Pennsylvania High Visibility Enforcement
Program
and is funded partly by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's
statewide distribution of $4.6 million in federal funds from the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Please visit
www.justdrivePA.com
for more information.

For more information on alcohol education and consumption visit,
www.lcb.state.pa.us

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