Fresno's Drunken Driving Crackdown

Greg Owen

Attorney

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In order to help alleviate the chronic drunken driving problem in Fresno, police are going all out by attacking the problem from many different angles.

Among other things, Fresno police are throwing up roadblocks, conducting stakeouts, using satellite tracking devices and video cameras to reduce the problem. While the police say that the 4-year crackdown has yielded a dramatic drop in deadly car accidents, bars and restaurants complain that it is hurting business. It is said to be putting a damper on the Fresno nightlife.

According to Sargent Eric Eide, who has been with the police force since 1975, "This is the best, longest sustained effort that we've ever made regarding traffic safety, and we're seeing the results in the reduction in human carnage.