text: Officers took 200 impaired drivers off roads throughout 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' campaign | WJMN - UPMatters.com
  Officers took 200 impaired drivers off roads throughout 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' campaign
  Posted: Oct 11, 2021 / 10:04 PM EDT / Updated: Oct 11, 2021 / 10:04 PM EDT
  LANSING, Mich (WJMN) – Law enforcement officers from 102 police departments, sheriff offices and Michigan State Police (MSP) posts recently increased patrols across the state during the end-of-summer Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign that ran from August 16 to September 6.
  Preliminary reports indicate officers made 10,370 traffic stops and arrested 200 impaired drivers, including 166 for Operating While Intoxicated (OWI) and 34 for Operating Under the Influence of Drugs. The stops also resulted in 370 seat belt citations; 35 child restraint violations (age 7 and below); 2,417 speeding citations; 846 other moving violations; and 1,122 other nonmoving violations, as well as 807 misdemeanor arrests and 167 felony arrests.
  In Michigan, it is illegal to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher, although motorists can be arrested at any BAC level if an officer believes they are impaired. Michigan's drunk driving law contains a zero-tolerance provision for drivers with certain illegal drugs in their system. The same penalties for drunk driving also apply to those convicted under the zerotolerance drug provision.