The Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau is partnering with law enforcement across the state of Iowa to decrease impaired driving. Starting Friday, August 16th, through Labor Day, agencies will participate in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s DRIVE SOBER OR GET PULLED OVER enforcement project.
Law enforcement’s 1st priority is to keep people safe. The drive sober/ride sober campaign is an effort to spread the message that impaired driving is illegal, and it takes lives.
Last Year, during the final weeks of summer, there were 54 traffic fatalities in Iowa and 44 percent of those deaths involved impairment.