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Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Letters Going to People Reported by DWI Hotline


Associated Press
       SANTA FE — New Mexico plans to send a warning to motorists who may drink and drive but haven't gotten caught.
    The state will start sending letters to the owners of automobiles that were reported to New Mexico's DrunkBuster's anti-DWI hotline. The letters will tell people their vehicle was reported to be driving erratically or in an unsafe manner.
    Gov. Bill Richardson announced the initiative on Tuesday.
    Last year, about 16,000 calls were made to the telephone hotline to report possible drunken drivers. Almost 900 motorists were stopped by police and about 200 arrests were made for drunken driving because of the calls.
    Through the first half of the year, alcohol-related traffic deaths have dropped sharply.

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