Oct 28, 2023

NPPD to remind everyone that buzzed driving is drunk driving

Posted Oct 28, 2023 2:00 PM

NPPD

This Halloween, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Safety Administration is teaming up with the North Platte Police Department to remind everyone that Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving.  More pedestrians will be out at night on the hunt for candy and more drivers are heading to and from parties. 

If your evening includes heading out to a party or festivity, make sure you plan for a sober ride home. Between 2017 & 2021 there were 159 drunk driving fatalities on Halloween night.  Seventeen of the fatalities were pedestrians.  Additional Police Officers will be on the street focusing on taking impaired drivers off the road.