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 »  Home  »  Traffic Safety News  »  Kick-Off to DUI Campaign Graphically Illustrates Loss of Life with Empty Dinner Tables
Kick-Off to DUI Campaign Graphically Illustrates Loss of Life with Empty Dinner Tables
Published  12/13/2005 | Traffic Safety News |
175 persons were killed on ND roads in the past 3 years alone.

WHAT: The Mayor’s Council for a Safe Community will host a news conference to announce the local initiatives of the statewide You Drink & Drive. You Lose. enhanced DUI enforcement campaign throughout the month of December.

A reception hall with empty tables for 38 persons will symbolize those who died on ND roads in alcohol-related crashes in 2004, as well as the chairs at holiday tables that will remain empty this year as a result.

WHEN: Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 10:00 a.m.

WHERE: First Lutheran Church, Parish Assembly Bldg (East of Church), 120 5th Ave NW, Minot

WHO: The Mayor’s Council for a Safe Community and local law enforcement agencies are committed to preventing alcohol-related crashes this season.

WHY: 175 persons were killed on ND roads in the past 3 years alone. Last year in ND, 38 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes, representing approximately 38 percent of the 95 total traffic fatalities in 2004. This year, it is already at 39 alcohol-related deaths with a rate of 39 percent.

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