SC getting tough on DUI drivers

SC Highway Patrol creates new DUI crackdown team

By: AP | WSAV-TV
Published: July 02, 2009

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Highway Patrol has
created a new team of troopers to crack down on drunken driving
just in time for the long holiday weekend.
The 31 troopers will be sent to all seven of the Highway
Patrol's regions across the state. Sometimes they will patrol
alone, and sometimes they will work with other law enforcement.
Authorities say the crackdown will include checkpoints and
troopers on the highways.
The state Highway Patrol says the new team is needed because
nearly half of all of South Carolina's highways deaths are caused
by impaired drivers, compared to about a third nationwide.
The troopers were chosen because they were especially successful
in arresting and prosecuting DUI cases.