Citizens are warned that the Coffeyville Police Department will join almost 190 other local and state police agencies across Kansas, during the period of August 20th through Labor Day, September 7th, in a crackdown aimed at removing drunk and other drugged drivers from the roadways during “You Drink. You Drive. You Lose.”
According to KDOT, alcohol and other drugs are implicated in 40% of the crash deaths on Kansas roads. Over the past five years, the average proportion of fatality crashes attributable to such impairments was almost one-fourth of all fatality crashes.
The agency also reports that crashes involving at least one impaired driver are likely to be more severe than are other crashes.
