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drunk driving enforcement  

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  • Driving while impaired is one of the nation's most frequently committed violent crimes, and Americans rank drunk driving as their number one highway safety concern. Each year, 42,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes, and more than 16,000 of these fatalities are alcohol or drug related. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Drunk Driving Enforcement]

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