{"id":418227,"date":"2010-03-11T15:27:29","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T20:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c5fcf53ef01310f8ef0fa970c"},"modified":"2010-03-11T15:27:29","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T20:27:29","slug":"friends-don%e2%80%99t-let-friends-drive-drunk-this-saint-patrick%e2%80%99s-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/418227","title":{"rendered":"Friends Don\u2019t Let Friends Drive Drunk This Saint Patrick\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong class=\"bodytextLARGE\"><\/strong><em><strong>Don\u2019t Depend on Dumb Luck\u2014Designate a Sober Driver Before the Party Begins<\/strong><\/em><br \/><\/br><\/div>\n<p><\/br><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Los Angeles:<\/span>\u00a0 Saint Patrick\u2019s<br \/>\nDay has become a popular occasion to celebrate with friends and<br \/>\nfamily.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Saint Patrick\u2019s Day has become very dangerous<br \/>\ndue to the large number of drunk drivers.\u00a0 \u201cIf you plan on consuming<br \/>\nalcohol, never drive while impaired and never let your friends drive if<br \/>\nyou think they are impaired.\u00a0 <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Buzz driving is drunk driving<\/span>,\u201d said Lieutenant Ron Katona, Officer in Charge, Traffic Coordination Section, Emergency Operations Division.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo ensure a safe and joyous Saint Patrick\u2019s Day, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) recommends the following tips: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan a safe way home before the festivities begin<\/li>\n<li>Designate a sober driver<\/li>\n<li>Leave your car keys at home<\/li>\n<li>Call a taxi, call a friend or family member, or use public transportation to ensure you get home safely<\/li>\n<li>Call 911 if you see a possible drunk driver on the road<\/li>\n<li>Take the car keys away from someone who is about to drive impaired and assist them in getting home safely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nIn an effort to keep the streets of Los Angeles safe during the Saint<br \/>\nPatrick\u2019s Day celebrations, the LAPD will conduct the following<br \/>\nsobriety checkpoints during the upcoming week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 12, 2010 (Friday) in West Valley Area;<\/li>\n<li>March 13, 2010 (Saturday) in 77th Street Area;<\/li>\n<li>March 17, 2010 (Wednesday) in Wilshire Area; and,<\/li>\n<li>March 19, 2010 (Friday) in North Hollywood Area.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nAdditionally, the LAPD will conduct driving-under-the-influence (DUI)<br \/>\nsaturation patrols in communities served by the Harbor and Central<br \/>\nCommunity Police Stations on March 14th and 21st.<\/p>\n<p>\nFunding for the checkpoints and DUI saturation patrols is provided by<br \/>\nthe California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway<br \/>\nTraffic Safety Administration.\u00a0 We can all help make our streets safer,<br \/>\nplease report Drunk Drivers \u2013 Call 911.\u00a0 For further information,<br \/>\nplease contact Officer Don Inman, Traffic Coordination Section, at<br \/>\n213-486-070.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t Depend on Dumb Luck\u2014Designate a Sober Driver Before the Party Begins Los Angeles:\u00a0 Saint Patrick\u2019s Day has become a popular occasion to celebrate with friends and family.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Saint Patrick\u2019s Day has become very dangerous due to the large number of drunk drivers.\u00a0 \u201cIf you plan on consuming alcohol, never drive while impaired and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}