Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over
Each year, GHSA's member State Highway Safety Offices (SHSOs) team up with law enforcement agencies and others to combat drunk driving through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign.
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over is a nationwide effort to crack down on impaired driving and reduce roadway fatalities. It takes place each year from mid-August through the Labor Day and again during the December holiday season. During these times, police from every state and most U.S. towns and cities step up their efforts to find and arrest drunk drivers.
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The crackdown is supported by national advertising campaign to put motorists on notice that if they are caught driving while impaired, they will be arrested. These national ads are targeted at young male drivers and motorcycle riders, who are the most common perpetrators of this deadly crime. States and localities supplement these national ads with their own public awareness and media outreach.
- 2011 Labor Day State Activities
August 19 - September 5 - Campaign Headquarters
State Activities During Past Campaigns
NOTE: Prior to 2011, the national drunk driving campaign tagline was Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.
- 2010 Holidays
November 29 - January 3 - 2010 Labor Day
August 20 - September 6 - 2009 Holidays
December 16 - January 3 - 2009 Labor Day
August 21 - September 7 - 2008 Holidays
December 13 - 31 - 2008 Labor Day
August 15 - September 1 - 2007 Holidays
December 15 - 31 - 2007 Labor Day
August 17 - September 3