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News Regional & State News Pennsylvania fares poorly in drunken driving survey
Friday, 23 December 2011 14:47

Pennsylvania fares poorly in drunken driving survey

Written by  Craig Layne and Radio Pennsylvania

(Irving, Texas) -- An anti-drunken driving group has ranked the states on their progress toward eliminating DUIs, and Pennsylvania did not fare well. The Mothers Against Drunk Driving report looks at whether a state requires ignition interlocks for all convicted drunk drivers, conducts sobriety checkpoints, has enhanced penalties for drunk driving when children are in the vehicle, among other things. MADD CEO Kimberly Earle says the Commonwealth only earned one star out of five. "There's a good bit of work yet to be done in Pennsylvania. That said, we're very proud of law enforcement in Pennsylvania because they have used their sobriety checkpoints to reduce fatalities by as much as 20 percent," Earle says. She adds the national average on the study is three stars, and there are bills in the state legislature that would increase PA's rating if they're passed. Earle says drunken driving deaths have been declining nationwide, but still account for almost 11 thousand fatalities each year.

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