Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Additional enforcement will start this Friday and continue through Jan. 2.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Drive safe and sober this hioday season; the state police are cracking down. RI State Police Colonel Steven G. O'Donnell announced Tuesday that his troopers will be stepping up enforcement for the holidays, beginning Friday, Dec. 14th and continuing through and including Wednesday, Jan. 2. The troopers will be participating in the following two (2) traffic enforcement mobilization details: The State Police will have additional patrols targeting aggressive driving, seat belt and child restraint violations, texting violations and especially impaired drivers. Drunk and impaired driving enforcement continues to be a vital mission of the Rhode Island State Police, and motorists are reminded "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over." The weekend …
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Advocates say Rhode Island is one of the highest ranked states for drunk driving fatalities during Saturday's holiday awareness campaign launch held at East Providence Lanes.
Police officers from across the state joined Rhode Island's Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) at East Providence Lanes Saturday afternoon for the group's annual awareness campaign kickoff. Before the Holiday Highway Safety Awareness Event turned into a bowling tournament, those present used their platform to advocate tougher laws relating to drunk driving. East Providence Police Chief Joe Tavares said that he saw Saturday's kickoff event as a reminder "to do more" to curb drinking-and-driving across the state. Tavares, who later accompanied his fellow officers tying a MADD ribbon to police cars, also pointed to efforts in East Providence to curb drinking issues. "We're taking on many of the liquor establishments, both retail, …
Thursday, November 17, 2011
A MADD reports ranks Rhode Island as one of the worst states in the nation at employing drunk driving countermeasures.
Rhode Island ranks as one of the five-worst states in America at preventing drunk driving, according to a new report by MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). According to the report, Montana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Dakota each earned one star on 1 to 5 scale that measures the effectiveness of each state in passing laws and employing drunk driving countermeasures. According to the report, estate’s rating was determined by adoption of the following proven drunk driving countermeasures: Connecticut and Massachusetts each had three stars. Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Utah were the only states to receive five stars. The report also says that drunk driving kills about 11,000 people annually on U.S. roads.
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2:03 pm on Sunday, November 20, 2011
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