Thanksgiving isn’t until Thursday, but many college students are home and people are starting to travel and that usually means an increase in drunk driving. That’s according to Rockland County Sheriff Lou Falco, who says the long weekend too often brings out excessive alcohol usage, but lately more people are being smarter about it, and taking cabs or using ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft…
Local and New York State Police will be out in higher numbers patrolling the roads and staffing fixed sobriety checkpoints, watching not only for drinking or drugged drivers, but distracted drivers who are talking or texting with handheld devices. With more people out on the roads expect lots of people to be pulled over. During the Thanksgiving holiday last year, State Troopers arrested 178 drivers for DWI, issued 4,349 tickets for speeding, and 362 tickets for distracted driving.