COUNTYWIDE : Drunk Driving Arrests Rise 17%
Arrests in Ventura County for drunk driving increased during the Memorial Day weekend for the third straight year, a CHP spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Forty-nine drivers were arrested between 6 p.m. Friday and midnight Monday on suspicion of drunk driving, a 17% increase over the total of 42 arrests last year, said Staci Morse, a CHP public information officer.
It was the second consecutive year that Memorial Day weekend drunk driving arrests rose by 17%, Morse said. The increase may reflect the use of a lower level of blood alcohol to determine intoxication, she said.
The level at which a driver is presumed to be impaired was lowered for 1991 to 0.08% from 0.10%, Morse said.
More to Read
More to Read
More to Read
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
