Washington Injury Law Blog

As the 4th of July holiday starts the Washington State Patrol has formed a crack “A-Team” of DUI enforcement troopers to track down more drunk drivers. The new task force will cover three Washington counties: King, Snohomish and Pierce County. The WSP teams only job is to arrest drunk drivers.  The goal is to eliminate all Washington DUI related car accident deaths by 2030.

WSP is actually calling the task force “Target Teams.” The teams are made of the 21 WSP Troopers with the best track record of DUI arrests. The crack teams will be on the roads 7 days a week according to the WSP, with extra man-power on the weekends.

Since 2002 there has been on average a total of 220 people killed per year in Washington car accidents involving drunk drivers. Police are going to be targeting hot spots for DUI drivers. Can anyone say Kirkland!

Do yourself and other drivers a favor and take a cab if you’ve been drinking. The life you may save is more than worth the $30 dollar cab ride.