The Super Bowl is America’s most watched national sporting event.  On Sunday, February 1, 2015, there will be numerous game day gatherings that may include drinking. That is why the California Office of Traffic Safety, police, sheriffs, and the CHP are urging football fans to choose sides now: drinking OR driving. If you plan on celebrating with alcohol on Super Bowl Sunday, designate a sober driver to get you home safely.

The ‘Avoid the 16 – Sacramento County DUI Task Force’ will be deploying Roving DUI Saturations Patrols during and following Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup.  Officers will deploy into communities where collision data reveals high incidents of DUI crashes and arrests. 

According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2013 there were 867 people killed in alcohol-impaired-driving crashes in California –29 percent of all crash fatalities in the state. A driver is considered alcohol-impaired with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher, the legal limit. This February 1, 2015, don’t become another tragic Super Bowl statistic. 

Avoid the 16 DUI Task Force funding is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that reminds everyone to ‘Report Drunk Drivers!  Call 9-1-1.’ 

The Office of Traffic Safety is offering a free mobile app – DDVIP – aimed at thanking the sober designated driver with perks and free offers at area bars and restaurants. The app is available for iPhone and Android users.

Sacramento Police Neighborhood Safety Newsletter: Make Your “Game Day” Safe

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Be a team player on Super Bowl Sunday: Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk. For more information, visit www.TrafficSafetyMarketing.com.

Funding for the AVOID the 16 is provided to the Sacramento Police Department and Sacramento County Law Enforcement agencies  by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, reminding everyone to ‘Report Drunk Drivers – Call 9-1-1’.