Across Arizona, law enforcement will be out in force over the Labor Day weekend.
The Yuma County Sheriff’s Office will aggressively enforce the state’s 0.08 percent blood alcohol concentration (BAC) law, Administrative Per Se laws (immediate driver license suspension), 0.04 percent BAC law for commercial vehicle drivers and the 0.01 percent BAC limit for drivers under 21 years of age (‘zero-tolerance’).
In 2014, DUI related accidents in the state of Arizona led to 281 representing 25.8% of all total traffic deaths. Simply designating a sober driver could have prevented those deaths, say authorities.
The Pima County Sheriff’s Department will be conducting a DUI Sobriety Checkpoint on September 5, 2015.
Operational funding and equipment were made available through grants awarded by the Governor’s Office of Highway
Safety.