Comments on: APRN Looks at Drink Driving in Fairbanks http://ignitioninterlock4alaska.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/aprn-looks-at-drink-driving-in-fairbanks/ Promoting legislation to reduce drunk driving recidivism in Alaska Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:03:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: ignition parts http://ignitioninterlock4alaska.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/aprn-looks-at-drink-driving-in-fairbanks/#comment-141 ignition parts Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:36:35 +0000 http://ignitioninterlock4alaska.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/aprn-looks-at-drink-driving-in-fairbanks/#comment-141 Only 20 states and the District of Columbia have laws requiring helmets for all motorcycle riders. Louisiana is the only state to adopt such a law in the past 10 years. The trend has been in the opposite direction, with some states repealing their helmet laws, Adkins said. Alcohol-related fatalities increased slightly last year. There were 15,121 fatalities involving a driver or motorcycle operator, pedestrian or cyclist with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08 or above, compared with 15,102 in 2005. Enforcement of impaired-driving laws will remain a priority for Transportation Department, said NHTSA Administrator Nicole Nason. "There is a personal story behind these statistics, and for every alcohol-related fatality, the family left behind is shattered forever," Nason said. Only 20 states and the District of Columbia have laws requiring helmets for all motorcycle riders. Louisiana is the only state to adopt such a law in the past 10 years. The trend has been in the opposite direction, with some states repealing their helmet laws, Adkins said.

Alcohol-related fatalities increased slightly last year. There were 15,121 fatalities involving a driver or motorcycle operator, pedestrian or cyclist with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.08 or above, compared with 15,102 in 2005. Enforcement of impaired-driving laws will remain a priority for Transportation Department, said NHTSA Administrator Nicole Nason.

“There is a personal story behind these statistics, and for every alcohol-related fatality, the family left behind is shattered forever,” Nason said.

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