California CHP DUI / Drunk Driving Arrests Up On Christmas Eve 2009

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According to the LA Times, the California Highway Patrol arrested 246 people for DUI / Drunk Driving statewide on Christmas Eve, 2009. On Christmas Eve, 2008, the CHP arrested 167 people for DUI / Drunk Driving. This represents a 47% increase in Christmas Eve DUI / Drunk Driving arrests from 2008 to 2009. In Los Angeles County, the CHP arrested 71 people for DUI / Drunk Driving on Christmas Eve, 2009, compared to 30 people arrested for DUI / Drunk Driving on Christmas Eve, 2008.

This represents a whopping 136% increase in Christmas Eve DUI / Drunk Driving arrests from 2008 to 2009.

It wouldn’t surprise me that for the upcoming New Year’s Eve, there is even a greater increase in DUI / Drunk Driving arrests by the CHP compared to New’s Year Eve, 2008, both statewide as well as in LA County.