Fairfax County Police Ramp Up Safe December Efforts
The Fairfax County Police Department is urging residents to drive safely this holiday season and watch their alcohol consumption.
A total of 607 drivers have been linked to reported crashes after consumption of alcohol for 2012, according to statistics from the Fairfax County Police Department. Of those 607 drivers, 481 were male drivers and 60 drivers were underage at the time of the crash. The statistics were released by the police as part of their Safe December efforts to raise awareness and publicize their goal of alcohol enforcement this holiday season. The release further states that officers arrested 372 drunk drivers during Safe December efforts in 2011, a 17 percent increase compared to 2010. Of those drivers, 85 were female and 287 were male. Seventy-two of those drivers were involved in reported crashes after alcohol consumption. Police arrested a total of…
Jennifer Abbou
10:06 am on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
I understand that the police need to focus on drunk drivers. However, I think reckless driving is just as much of and more of a problem than driving drunk, because reckless drivers drive dangerously on a regular basis. On just a 3 to 4 mile stretch on the Fairfax County Parkway, I typically see tailgating at high speeds, changing lanes without using signals, etc. The police could pull over quite … more ›