The Heat is On
@teamfreak16 (43421)
Denver, Colorado
September 14, 2017 7:23pm CST
Over Labor Day weekend, 121 agencies took part in Colorado's annual DUI crackdown, known as The Heat is On.
Statewide, 1,184 people were caught drinking and driving. Locally, police in Colorado Springs arrested 106 drivers, the highest number of all agencies.
I don't know about you, but that is a lot of DUI's out there on the roads. The cops will hold their next crackdown during the fall, which will last five weeks.
In Colorado, three DUI's will result in time in the pen. The article below does not elaborate on how many three time offenders were arrested.
Not to mention, it makes me wonder just how many drunk drivers weren't caught.
Scary!
Nearly 1,200 people were cited during the latest <i
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Sep 17
That sounds about right. That's a lot of drunk driving.
@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Sep 17
It always makes me wonder just how many weren't caught because I'm sure the cops can't possibly get to all of them. Even this weekend we went to the county fair and there were loads of people who were drinking there . . . for their sake I hope they and everyone on the road with them made it safely home!!
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@much2say (53959)
• Los Angeles, California
18 Sep 17
@teamfreak16 I think of my next door neighbor's friend who was drunk off her azz at their party one night. She actually escaped the party without anyone knowing to drive home - and she lived a good 12 miles away taking the freeway. Everyone was freaking out as no one could get a hold of her - but she did eventually make it home. She is darn lucky she didn't get herself or anyone else killed . . . I am not kidding she was plastered out of her mind. 
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Sep 17
@much2say - I wonder if she even remembered it.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
18 Sep 17
I know. If they caught that many, you can just wonder how many more were out there.
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
15 Sep 17
Wow that is a lot of arrested drivers. If only everyone was responsible!
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
16 Sep 17
@teamfreak16 They don't care about the risks they're risking on others! The drunk drivers are never the ones to be harmed in an event of an accident !!
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
16 Sep 17
@infatuatedbby - It certainly seems that way.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Sep 17
There are people that are going to drive drunk no matter what the penalties.
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@Hannihar (129388)
• Israel
13 Nov 18
@teamfreak16
That is too bad that people have not learned to not drive while under the influence. They can not only hurt themselves but others as well.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Nov 18
It's really never going to change, honestly. Anymore, if I go to a bar, I go somewhere that I can walk home from so that I don't drive.
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
15 Sep 17
That is scary that there are so many people on the roads who are drinking and driving. Those are only the ones that got caught. There would be more who didn't.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Sep 17
I know. Scary if you think about it.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
16 Sep 17
@Happy2BeMe - And they all do it all time, not just getting caught on the first try.
@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
16 Sep 17
@teamfreak16 it really is. No matter how strict the laws are people will not change it seems
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
17 Sep 17
A dangerous game they are playing driving drunk over and over again.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Sep 17
My sister used to be a drunk till she did 2 1/2 years in prison. Now she don`t drive but since its been 12 years ago she wants to drive again but she stopped drinking in 2014. I gave her my dads old car but it need a battery and maybe a fan belt, it still sits in my yard.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Sep 17
You would think so. I have no idea why they do it the way they do.
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@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
15 Sep 17
Checkpoints and apprehension were also been implemented in my place because of too many road accidents
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
15 Sep 17
They should do it full time, as far as I'm concerned.
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