STUDY LINKS SUPER BOWL, DRUNK DRIVING INCIDENTS.Byline: Phil Davis
On Super Bowl Sunday, football players aren't the only ones getting hammered: Motorists are more likely to drive drunk and crash on that day than on any other Sunday in January and February, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study released Wednesday. An analysis by the Automobile Club of Southern California The Automobile Club of Southern California was founded December 13, 1900 in Los Angeles as one of the nation's first motor clubs dedicated to improving roads, proposing traffic laws and improvement of overall driving conditions. found that drunk driving incidents were 27 percent more likely to occur statewide on Super Bowl Sunday. On average over the past decade, 220 people were killed or injured in alcohol-related crashes on Super Bowl Sunday, compared with an average of 174 people killed or injured in DUI collisions during other Sundays in January and February during the same period, a researcher found. In Los Angeles County, the same number of people died on Super Bowl Sunday as compared with other Sundays, but an average of 72 people were hurt in DUI-related crashes on Super Bowl Sunday, compared with an average of 54 on other Sundays - a 33 percent increase, the report said. ``It's frightening,'' said Robert Bloch, author of the study and senior traffic research associate for the Auto Club. It's no secret that Super Bowl Sunday is a big day for boozing, but local police have no plans to increase drunk-driving enforcement efforts. LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. and California Highway Patrol officers said they have not noticed an increase in drunk driving on Super Bowl Sunday, although they could not provide statistics. ``Our statistics don't indicate to us that Super Bowl Sundays are any different than Monday Night Football “MNF” redirects here. For other uses, see MNF (disambiguation). Monday Night Football (MNF) is a live television broadcast of the National Football League. or any other sporting event,'' said California Highway Patrol Sgt. Ernie Sanchez. Los Angeles police Officer J.J. Leonard said the LAPD and other agencies increase DUI patrols on holidays - such as New Year's Eve and the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. - because statistics show an increase in drinking and driving. He said nothing about Super Bowl Sunday indicated a need for more enforcement. But that doesn't mean police won't be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. drunks. ``Our deputies are aware of the fact people have a propensity to drink on Super Bowl Sunday and while we encourage people to have a good time, as always our deputies are going to be vigilant for drinking and driving,'' said Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Jim Hellmond. Bloch said police don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. about the problem because he's the first to check it out and report his findings. ``I can't tell you why, but I think it's gone unnoticed,'' Bloch said. ``I found that not only is something there, but it's pretty substantial.'' Bloch, a traffic analyst for 18 years, used 10 years of state DUI data in his study. When the numbers are crunched, Super Bowl Sunday claimed an average of 46 more lives in the past decade. Super Bowl drinking ``has always been OK,'' Bloch said. ``Nobody has ever said anything about it. We need to deal with the way people party on Super Bowl Sunday.'' |
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