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Robeson 4th highest for holiday drunken-driving citations
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LUMBERTON — Robeson County ranked fourth highest in the state for the number of drunken-driving citations made during the St. Patrick’s Day weekend.

According to a statement from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, during the local “Booze It or Lose It” campaign. there were 27 DWI’s issued in Robeson County over the three-day period. Wake County led the state with 54, followed by Guilford County with 33 and Forsyth County with 31.

The campaign used checkpoints and patrols whle targeting drunken drivers, safety belt and child passenger safety violations, and other traffic and criminal violations.

Officers statewide conducted 2,391 sobriety checkpoints and patrols during the campaign.



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DaveD
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March 24, 2013
Wake county had 54 with a population of 952,000. That's 1 in 17,630. Guilford county's population is 501,000. That's 1 in 15,182. Forsyth's population is 358,000, for 1 in 11,548. Robeson county's population is 135,000. That's 1 in 5,000. We're not really 4th...We're number one!
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Wolfpackdave
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March 24, 2013
You probally had a drink before u calculated your formula....I hear Queen in the back ground... We are champions... Every county has there faults .. Ours is getting high... Not good when other people's life at stake But like I always say...if you don't like robco ... Move. There will be problems everywhere..
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DaveD
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March 24, 2013
Wolfpack, what's your problem? I merely stated the facts of the numbers. There's nothing derogatory or suggestive in my comment. You're angry and defensive, seek therapy.
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ROSSisRIGHT
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March 23, 2013
I say everyone should have to pee in a cup on sight and have it tested right there. We have more elderly and young, but especially the old church folks riding around hopped up on NARCOTIC PAIN RELEIVERS, i.e. percocets, lorocets, oxycintin, loritabs, etc.... All buzzed up full of youthful energy out visiting. You are not to operate a motor vehicle if you take pain pills.

If the county followed that law, we'd have half the traffic on our roads. We have an epidemic of pain pill addicts in this county, start locking grandma up and takeing her pain pills.
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Bosomhandkerchief
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March 23, 2013
Don't see the need to issue so many tickets when they get a lawyer and not be punished. There should be a law permanently if a person blow .08 license should be revolked , but give them permission to drive to work, if they work and not on the road after work hours. There is too many innocent people dying from drunks
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HuntN4U
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March 23, 2013
@bosomhandkerchief...FYI, that is the law.Hats off to all law enforcement for all that they do. Tickets written are possible lives saved...actually if they change the penalty and punishment on DWIs and other laws, maybe law enforcement can catch a break.
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Wolfpackdave
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March 24, 2013
Sounds like u can recommend one... Nah I'm good. I talk to myself , but I never answer back.. So no therapy.... Ha...
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