With the New Year approaching and with more places open for celebrations after COVID, troopers will be conducting extra emphasis patrols to crack down on drunk driving. FOX13
"There's a lot of things that are happening that haven't happened in the past couple of years, and so there's going to be more people out and about. We just want to stress to make good choices," Trooper Rick Johnson said.In 2021, the Washington Traffic Safety Commission reported 602 crashes resulting in 670 deaths and say those numbers will likely be higher at the end of 2022.In King County, there have been 1,064 crashes involving alcohol this year, 19 of which were deadly.
"We've had some wrong-way drivers. If you're on the freeway, stay in the right lanes because they think the fast lane is the slow lane and they're trying to be careful, so it's just tough," Johnson said. If you've made plans to ring in the new year out on the town, you don't have to drive-- most public transportation will be free, including King County Metro, Sound Transit and the Seattle Streetcar.that I have read and agree
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