drinking and driving

43% of Louisiana citizens also include alcohol on their hurricane preparedness shopping list.

Lafayette Police will be conducting a Sobriety Checkpoint within the incorporated limits of Lafayette on Friday, June 19.

The Lafayette Police Department has announced they will be conducting an OWI Checkpoint somewhere with the incorporated limits of Lafayette.

In an effort to help keep everyone safe this Holiday season, the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission and Lyft are offering a $5 off promo code to get you home safely.

Lafayette Police say if you are found to driving impaired, you will be arrested.

The department notes that the checkpoint will be somewhere within the incorporated limits of Lafayette.

As we always say, if you're going to out for a fun night on the town, have a great time. However, if you're going to be drinking, you have to make sure you have a plan to get around safely. Get a designated driver, plan for an Uber or cab, just never get behind the wheel after you've been drinking.

I suggest that anyone who has been arrested for DUI, DWI, or OWI have that noted on their license and be required to put a special colored license plate on the back of their vehicle.

As I always say, if you're going out, have a great time, just make sure to have a safe time. Have a designated driver or have plans for an Uber or a cab. This weekend will be full of graduation celebrations, and Lafayette police want to make sure everyone stays safe.

When you're going out for a night on the town, by all means have a great time. However, by all means don't drink and drive. A sobriety checkpoint has been announced for tonight.

Guy’s Towing Service is once again doing their part to keep people safe. This holiday season, they’re offering free towing, and a ride home to those who have had too much to drink.

According to our news partner KATC, a Terrebonne Parish sheriff's deputy faces charges of driving while intoxicated and having an open alcohol container in her vehicle. She also faces a charge for not wearing a seat belt.

Troopers will be aggressively patrolling the roadways to make sure everyone driving is not impaired.

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Officers working the checkpoint will respond with zero tolerance to those drivers found to be under the influence.

What's the difference between mixing a cocktail with regular soda and diet soda? Researchers say one could put you over the legal limit faster than the other one.

In hopes that others will learn from their sons' mistakes, two families have agreed to release the video that was taken moments before, and during a fatal crash.

A proposed mandatory designated driver bill will not be debated in this session of the Louisiana legislature.

I love people who are designated drivers. You truly save lives. Proposed legislation for the upcoming legislative session wants insure there will always be designated drivers. I don't think it's possible to legislate freedom of choice though.

The consequences of drinking and driving will become more strict and severe as of Friday. We hope you'll never drink and drive but if you choose to do so, you will get caught and you will pay a hefty price.