Raleigh, N.C. — State and local law enforcement officers will be cracking down this weekend as part of Governor Perdue's Highway Safety Program’s “Booze It & Lose It” St. Patrick’s Day campaign.
There were 156 alcohol-related crashes on state roads last St. Patrick’s Day weekend, which ended in four fatalities and 120 injuries, according to the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles. The “Booze It & Lose It” campaign begins Friday and ends March 17.
Officers will conduct stepped-up patrols and checkpoints statewide throughout the weekend.
Troopers ask motorists to:
- Plan a safe way home before a celebration begins.
- If you are impaired, use a taxi, call a sober friend or family member, or use public transportation.
- If you see a drunk driver on the road, do not hesitate to call your local law enforcement.
- If you know someone who is about to drive while impaired, take their keys and help them make other arrangements to get where they are going safely.



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My problem is the way our local media potrays St. Patricks Day. Every year I see ST. Patricks day getting slammed for Drunk Driving.
What about Cinco de Mayo? Or is that holiday to sacred for the local media to cover. I mean, this sounds just like the line from the Mel Brooks classic Blazing Saddles. "...... but we don't want the Irish!"
Ah, thats right, the Irish don't have a politcal activist group to represent them.
Amazing!
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