COMMENTS: FRESNO GO
Besides all that turkey, we can expect to consume our share of alcohol. For the second time this week, drunk driving prevention came in for scrutiny. On Monday, ABC's Dan Harris (subscription required) described the ignition locks that can only be released by driver's negative breathalyzer test. Now Keith Morrison makes his contribution in NBC's What Works series with his tribute to Fresno, the city with the nation's toughest DUI crackdown. Fresno uses sobriety checkpoints, extra traffic cops, warrantless searches of parolees--and the drunks foot most of the bill themselves: it is "paid for mostly through vehicle impounds."
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