{"id":69856,"date":"2017-08-06T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-06T18:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sturgis-motorcycle-rally-impetus-for-dui-blitz\/"},"modified":"2017-08-06T18:47:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T18:47:58","slug":"sturgis-motorcycle-rally-impetus-for-dui-blitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sturgis-motorcycle-rally-impetus-for-dui-blitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Sturgis Motorcycle Rally impetus for DUI blitz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=8d8f7b67-670f-4cb8-aef1-67abfec18dde&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"831\" height=\"467\" alt=\"\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">du1-i-syn<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>In response to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Colorado State Patrol will ramp up DUI enforcement until Aug. 14 to keep people safe from impaired drivers.<\/p>\n<p>In Colorado, motorcyclists make up 3 percent of drivers but account for 18 percent of overall fatalities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColorado recorded an all-time high for motorcycle fatalities in 2016,\u201d said Darrell Lingk, director of CDOT\u2019s Office of Transportation Safety director, in a news release. \u201cThere were 125 motorcycle fatalities in 2016, which is a 15 percent increase from the number of motorcycle fatalities in 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ninety-two law enforcement agencies will participate in the DUI blitz, and drivers should expect additional patrols, DUI checkpoints and extra officers on duty.<\/p>\n<p>First-time DUI offenders can be punished with up to one year in jail, license suspension and steep fines. Penalties increase for repeat offenders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMotorcycle use spikes in the summer, and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a popular destination for riders and other motor vehicle drivers alike,\u201d said Col. Scott Hernandez, chief of CSP. \u201cImpaired driving is a serious hazard to everyone, and we are prepared to protect all drivers and riders on the road.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information and tips for staying safe on the road, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.codot.gov\/safety\/alcohol-and-impaired-driving\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.heatisoncolorado.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sturgis Motorcycle Rally instigates patrols<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[480,28],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-69856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dui","tag-headlines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69856"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=69856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}