Booze it and Lose it campaign [Video]

RALEIGH, N.C. — The annual ‘Booze It and Lose It‘ campaign is underway to bring awareness to the dangers of drinking and driving.

The campaign uses public outreach and stepped-up law enforcement to discourage drunk driving. Statewide, law enforcement will be patrolling and doing more checkpoints to promote safety and remove impaired drivers from the roads.

It started this week and ends on July 7.

“Celebrating this time of year often involves alcohol, which can lead to additional impaired driving crashes,” Mark Ezzell, director of North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program said. “Last year, 388 people died in crashes involving drivers who were under the influence of alcohol. That’s unacceptable.”

A total of 162 alcohol-related crashes and four fatalities occurred on North Carolina roads during the Fourth of July weekend in 2023, according to crash data from the N.C. Department of Transportation. 

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