Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over<\/i> \u2013 that\u2019s the warning to Halloween party goers from law enforcement agencies across the country this year.<\/p>\n
Halloween<\/b> is one of the most popular holidays, celebrating time-honored traditions of costumes, parties, and overindulgence in candy consumption. October 31 is also known for another excess \u2014 alcohol consumption \u2014 it has become the third-largest drinking holiday after New Year\u2019s Eve and Independence Day.<\/p>\n
Costumes\u00a0Aren’t\u00a0the Only Scary Thing<\/b> In 2011, when Halloween fell on a Monday, 44 percent of the nation\u2019s fatalities during the weekend occurred in a crash involving a driver or a motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher. Thirty-eight percent of fatalities on Halloween night occurred in a crash involving a driver or a motorcycle operator with a BAC of .08 or higher.<\/p>\n Young men ages 21-34 are particularly at risk of being involved in a traffic crash as a result of “buzzed” or drunk driving, accounting for almost half of all drunk drivers who were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes nationwide during the 2011 Halloween period.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why this year state and local law enforcement will be out in full force cracking down on drunk drivers that haven\u2019t gotten the message to keep the party off the road. The law makes it clear that driving under the influence has frightening consequences:<\/p>\n Before the partying begins, have an alternate way to safely get home<\/a> at the end of the night. The best way to eliminate your own chances of becoming a DUI statistic is to stay sober, have a designated driver<\/a>, or use public transportation. Whatever your plans are for this holiday, think ahead so you don\u2019t turn the roads into a nightmare.<\/p>\n Feel free to share your thoughts and experiences about safety during this holiday in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over \u2013 that\u2019s the warning to Halloween party goers from law enforcement agencies across the country this year. Halloween is one of the most popular holidays, celebrating time-honored traditions of costumes, parties, and overindulgence in candy consumption. October 31 is also known for another excess \u2014 alcohol consumption \u2014 it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[27,36],"importance":[],"type-content":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25378,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6241\/revisions\/25378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"importance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/importance?post=6241"},{"taxonomy":"type-content","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type-content?post=6241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAccording to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration<\/a> (NHTSA), Driving Under the Influence (DUI) and related accidents have tripled during Halloween. More DUI arrests and DUI-connected accidents occur between 7:00p.m. October 31 and 6:00 a.m. November 1 than in the entire first six months of the year.<\/p>\n\n