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CHP Spearheading Combined Effort to Make Roads Safer this Holiday Weekend

The ushering in of a new year brings with it the anticipation of a fresh start, positive changes, and healthy resolutions. What it should not bring are headlines of tragedies caused by drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

To encourage safe travel for those who are out on the road, the California Highway Patrol will conduct a Maximum Enforcement Period starting at 6:01p.m., on Friday, December 31st, through 11:59p.m. on Sunday, January 2nd, 2022.

ā€œRinging in the new year should be an exciting time filled with celebration and hope,ā€ CHP Commissioner Amanda Ray said. ā€œTo help keep the roadways safe through the holiday and beyond, our officers will be out in force to deter, detect, and remove impaired drivers.ā€

During the previous New Yearā€™s Day MEP, 56 people were killed in crashes in California. Sadly, half of the vehicle occupants killed in the crashes were not wearing a seat belt. During that same 78-hour MEP, CHP officers made 709 arrests for driving under the influence throughout the state.

To help bolster this yearā€™s holiday traffic safety effort across state lines, the CHP will again partner with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and the Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, and South Dakota state patrols in a Western States Traffic Safety Coalition for the ā€œDrive High, Get a DUI,ā€ campaign.

With the focus of the New Yearā€™s operation to identify and remove impaired drivers from the road, the CHP will have all available personnel on patrol, including Drug Recognition Evaluators to conduct evaluations of suspected impaired drivers.

Jeremy Couso
Jeremy Couso
SusanvilleStuff.com Publisher/Editor
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