Crime & Safety

LAPD Offers Tips for Avoiding a DUI

Keep yourself, loved ones and others safe this holiday season by following tips for avoiding a DUI.

The Los Angeles Police Department is advising drivers to stay sober, and has provided the followings tips to keep the holidays safe and happy:

  • Even one drink can impair your judgment and increase the risk of getting arrested for driving drunk - or worse, the risk of having a crash while driving.
  • If you will be drinking, do not plan on driving. Plan ahead; designate a sober driver before the party begins.
  • If you have been drinking, do not drive. Call a taxi, phone a sober friend or family member or use public transportation.
  • Be responsible. If someone you know is drinking, do not let that person get behind the wheel.
  • If you see an impaired driver on the road, contact law enforcement. Your actions may save someone’s life, and inaction could cost a life.  


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