Hawaii Island police arrested 21 motorists for suspected drunken driving between April 16 and Sunday. Six of those drivers were involved in a traffic crash and one was younger than age 21.
Hawaii Island police arrested 21 motorists for suspected drunken driving between April 16 and Sunday. Six of those drivers were involved in a traffic crash and one was younger than age 21.
South Hilo officers arrested eight motorists while officers in Kona and Puna arrested six drivers in each district, according to the Hawaii Police Department. South Kohala officers arrested one motorist.
So far this year, there have been 350 DUI arrests compared with 383 during the same period last year, according to police.
Through Tuesday, there have been eight deaths on Big Island public roads compared with seven fatalities at this time last year.
amount of people busted for drunk driving each week is amazing………………where is the deterrent?????????????are the liberal judges just smacking the hand, then a small fine???????????do they at least take their drivers license??????again..where is DETERRENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
paul, the “liberal” judges don’t have any discretion on sentencing, they are required to follow guidelines set by the legislature. The sentences are prescribed by law. It’s not their choice.
WHT keeps using “drunken driving” as a catch phrase. That implies impaired facilities.
The reality is, how many of those arrested were truly impaired? Of just failed a BAC test because of a ridiculously low arbitrary number foisted on politicicians by the harridans of MADD? There have been MADD types that seem to think that looking forward to a beer when you get home is impaired driving and should be illegal.
I see impaired drivers every day, yapping on cell phones, eating, doing everything but drive. Safer to be driving near someone that had a couple glasses of wine with dinner rather than some old woman yammering or texting on her iPhag phone.
Wow.
One can’t comprehend how you could be so stupid.