It's a disturbing yet all too familiar picture.
Someone drinks and drives.
In 30 counties across the state, the Tennessee Highway Patrol will be working overtime to take the drunk driver out of that picture. Even one death or injury caused by a drunk driver is senseless, it's tragic, and it's simply unacceptable. In preparing for the campaign, THP officials looked at the number of alcohol-related traffic crashes the agency had investigated in each county throughout 1997. The 30 targeted counties are those where the highest number of crashes involving an impaired driver took place. The figures reflect only crashes investigated by the Highway Patrol.