Starting on Friday, Dec. 2 and continuing through Sunday, Jan. 1, police from Cranford and other towns across New Jersey will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints, looking for motorists who are driving while intoxicated as part of the "Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over 2022 Year End Holiday Crackdown".  The extra enforcement is made possible due to a grant awarded to the Cranford Police Department.

Last year, 23 percent of all motor vehicle fatalities in New Jersey were alcohol-related. Nationally, 11,654 people died in 2020 in drunk driving crashes. The societal cost associated with these crashes is estimated to be $44 billion annually, authorities said.

Law enforcement agencies participating in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over 2022 Year End Holiday Crackdown offered the following advice for the holiday season:

• Take mass transit, a taxicab, or ask a sober friend to drive you home.
• Spend the night where the activity or party is held.
• If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact law enforcement. Your actions may save someone’s life, and inaction could cost a life.
• Always buckle-up, every ride. It’s your best defense against an impaired driver.
• If you are intoxicated and traveling on foot, the safest way to get home is to take a cab, use a rideshare platform, or have a sober friend or family member drive or escort you to your doorstep.
• Be responsible. If someone you know is drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel.

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Release by Captain Matthew R. Nazzaro

PIO- Cranford Police Department

m-nazzaro@cranfordnj.org

908-709-3990