Regional DUI effort shows results
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On the one-year anniversary of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Team DUI program yesterday, the state Department of Transportation announced that the number of drunken-driving fatalities in the region had dropped from 77 in 1999 to 64 in 2000. The 15-month, $1 million grant program, begun July 1, 2000, aims to educate the public about the dangers of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol and requires each participating municipality to perform one DUI checkpoint each week for 15 Source : nl.newsbank.com |