impaired driving

State to begin increased DUI enforcement going into Thanksgiving

Nov 19, 2020

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Hannah Metzger

The Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol and local law enforcement agencies are increasing DUI enforcement across the state from Saturday to Nov. 30 to account for drunk driving over Thanksgiving. Last year, 99 agencies arrested 430 impaired drivers statewide during the Thanksgiving enforcement period. “Make plans for safe and sober driving before the…
New Colorado State Patrol chief: 600 road fatalities ‘unacceptable’ (VIDEO)

Dec 19, 2017

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Jessica Machetta

Col. Mathew Packard took the helm as chief of the Colorado State Patrol today, and at the center of his message was cracking down on impaired drivers. Traffic deaths are on the rise in Colorado over the past two years, reversing what had been a decade-long trend of falling fatalities. After Packard was sworn in…
As traffic deaths rise, study finds young adults rank highest in risky driving behavior

Feb 16, 2017

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Ernest Luning

An annual study released this week by the Washington, D.C.-based AAA Foundation found that an overwhelming majority of young-adult drivers engage in risky behavior behind the wheel, including texting, running red lights and speeding, making them the worst-behaved drivers on the road. Their older cohorts however, don’t do much better, the study found, with the…
CDOT director blames jump in traffic fatalities on ‘epidemic of distracted driving’

Feb 7, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Traffic deaths are on the rise in Colorado over the past two years – reversing what had been a decade-long trend of falling fatalities – and the state’s transportation chief says it’s because more drivers are paying less attention to the road. “What the data tells me is we have an epidemic of distracted driving,”…
Fewel: Stay Free Forever delivers ‘self-intervention’ at home to ex-prisoners

Jan 2, 2017

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Jared Wright

Former Arizona parole officer launches crowdfunding campaign to bring crime-specific ‘thinking for change’ education to Colorado via mail, online and in-person classes The angry inmate stepped into my space on the open yard and let me and a whole bunch of inmates nearby know in the foulest of terms that he had no intention of…

impaired driving

State to begin increased DUI enforcement going into Thanksgiving

New Colorado State Patrol chief: 600 road fatalities ‘unacceptable’ (VIDEO)

As traffic deaths rise, study finds young adults rank highest in risky driving behavior

CDOT director blames jump in traffic fatalities on ‘epidemic of distracted driving’

Fewel: Stay Free Forever delivers ‘self-intervention’ at home to ex-prisoners