33 Ariz Drivers Arrested For Extreme DUI On July 4

A statewide task force targeting drunken drivers on the July 4th holiday led to more than 100 arrests.

The Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety says 33 of the 108 arrests were for extreme DUI. That’s when drivers had blood-alcohol levels at double or more than the state’s legal limit of .08 percent.

In all, almost 460 task force officers stopped nearly 4,400 drivers Wednesday. More than 1,200 of the drivers received citations for speeding or other non-DUI offenses.

Latest Comments

• July 9, 2012 at 7:18 pm

  hmmmmmmm says:

  Actually what is very scary is the extreme DUI -- with all of the information in the media (no matter what source) of the dangers/issues with DUI, yet it continues.
• July 9, 2012 at 2:28 pm

  Ouchies says:

  I think 2.45% is considerable; not sure what number you would consider "significant". Think of it this way - 2.45% means 1 out of 40 vehicles had an impaired driver. Drive d... read more
• July 9, 2012 at 2:23 pm

  Doubting Thomas says:

  So, only 2.45% of the people pulled over (not the general public) were DUI over the 4th in AZ. While I commend the officers, that is a very low % of DUI if that statistic is ... read more