Officers make 19 DUII arrests around Lane County overnight
EUGENE, Ore. -- Police arrested 19 drunk drivers Friday night in a multi-agency effort to crack down on driving under the influence around around Lane County.
Officers also reported issuing 28 citations and over 100 warnings between Friday night and early Saturday morning.
Of the 19 DUII arrests made last night, 13 were attributed to the drunk driving patrols:
- Oregon State Police - 6 DUII arrests (all associated with the multi-agency effort)
- Eugene Police Department - 5 DUII arrests (2 associated)
- Springfield Police Department - 5 DUII arrests (3 associated)
- Junction City Police Department - 2 DUII arrests (1 associated)
- Lane County Sheriff's Office - 1 DUII arrest (1 associated)
State trooper Evan Sether said that teamwork was key to pulling off what the police agencies considered a successful unified enforcement effort.
"Most importantly, none of the participating agencies reported a fatal or injury collision involving an impaired driver, and we hope our pre-announcement backed by the highly visibility enforcement effort deterred many people from making the dangerous decision to drive impaired," said Sether.
Officials said they see this type of enforcement as being effective around the holidays and special events held in the Lane County area.
They also urge people to use taxis, safe-ride services, public transportation or designated drivers when drinking to get around safely.
do traffic cops work post game duck football games this hard?
I drive a cab every night, and you CANT spend over $20.00 anywhere in town with our company. Most of us witness at least two DUII's per night, and it just keeps happening night after night. MOST of our local bartenders DO NOT cut people off when they are visibly intoxicated, and who blames them? They keep making tips, and the bars keep raking it in, just to keep the customers happy. There shouldn't be ANY parking available at bars. It just doesn't make sense. I do not feel sorry for any drunk that drives and gets caught. Think about it this way. If you are downtown Eugene after 10 pm, the ONLY businesses that are open are the bars, so the cops have it easy! You are suspect just being downtown at night! What else would you be down there for? Nothing else is open. Hopefully, people get smarter...soon. Take a cab, and save a life or two!
@XLRG ---I will tell you this one time only! Cut your boss in on the deal if (s)he can front it. You need a taxi service that can drive the owner's car home with all of the drunks and your taxi too. In Japan, it is called "daikon" so drunk drivers don't get f-in the sphinctor for driving home drunk OR getting their car towed OR vandalized.
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The city had done away with that.... or maybe that was another era?
 @XLRG I do not feel sorry for anyone who gets  drunk & drive. it is stupidÂ
 @XLRG Well said sir.  Hopefully a lot of locals will read your post, and you can have a shot at some of those tips..... I drink some,  and I drive....but I don't drink and drive...not even a beer with pizza and the family if I am driving.
Kudos to the police for making 19 DUII arrests around Lane County overnight. Now tell me why this kind of effort to take drunk drivers off the streets is not made all the time.
it is best to provide a service, so that this need not happen. Taxis are not yet allowed to drive the owner's car back along with the drunken owner inside of it yet. Too many liabilitties and lawyers. But, such a business thrives in ASIA because they do not have so may lawyers yet.
Well there's a tried and true way to collect revenues! Stupid idiots that drink and drive. Cab fare = $50 Drunk driving at least 2 grand sometimes WAY more- that's if you haven't crashed or worse caused vehicular manslaughter. When will people realize if they're drinking they need a PLAN for how they getting home! It is really not that complicated. Stupid stupid stupid.
Where did all the money come from to fund this effort? I thought the all agencies were crying poor mouth, that they were going to have to lay off police officers?
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Na, you were just fear mongering, or just out right lying in order to continue the status quo of getting unlimited overtime and department toy purchases... More than likely the latter...
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I wonder who you think you are fooling with this rhetoric you spew when it suits you?
nope, it is funded with an ODOT grant. so no money was reallocated by the agencies, they used a one shot source of money provided by ODOT, due to Lane County roadways leading the State in fatal alcohol related traffic crashes.Â
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Postone, I suggest you gather some facts before you spew out your propaganda. As stated below, this obviously had little to do with revenue generation (100 warnings : 28 actual citations issued), and had everything to do with combating drunk driving. I suspect you'd sing a different tune if yourself or someone you know was the victim of a DUII crash, or maybe not, maybe you are just that self serving?
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@Reality ---pentultimately had to due with prevention of revenue deterioration. Every crash (most certainly due to alc/drug related impairment) has a ripple effect of red-ink for the local economy. Such red-ink = lack of jail beds, etc...rapes, child molesters, carjackrs,etc.
Only thing worse than driving impaired is people who do not buckle up ORÂ do not wear bicycle helmets as far as a high speed vehicle collision is concerned.
@Postone: The agencies most likely reallocated resources that they already had. Just guessing. BTW, where is all your anger coming from, were you one of the 19 drivers busted?
@mackenzie0158 Well said and i'm busting up ....now=0))
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@Stooge Newton ---kinda' reminds me of that Honey mead trap on that old movie, the wicker man.
Well there went the budget for the next six months..Now what!! but good job everyone on the front lines just wish your command could do more for your efforts.
Trying to fill up the coffers, I see.
 @godless anarchist They are stopping drunk drivers...
@MP SGT @godless anarchist ---and since we will never stop drunken (IMPAIRED) drivers, what we can do is BUCKLE UP...buckeroo! Any driver that crashes into you is impaired by their very mistake that may very well impair  you.
not everybody is protected by a TANK like you were, some of us just got by, by the seat of their pants.
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Be a hero again! And encourage people to FUCKN BUCKLE UP...with children/baby seats to the next front row seat of the next car crash!
And, don't even get me started on the value of airbags.
They are trying to save lives. Would they really give 100 traffic violation warnings if they were "trying to fill up the coffers"?
@Godless anarchist BAM!!!! That just happened. Can't argue so many warnings vs coffee filling!!!!!!!