Part of a nation-wide effort to crack down on impaired driving during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend will begin Thursday.
Local and state law enforcement everywhere will be taking part in aggressive, high-visibility enforcement and arrests. Macon Police Chief, Steve Olinger says, one-third of all motor vehicle traffic deaths involve one or more substance impaired drivers every year. Last year, 179 people were killed as a result of substance impairment. That is nearly one substance impaired driver involved fatality every other day.