Philadelphia Tops The Charts In Pennsylvania With The Most DUI Arrests By State Troopers Than Any Other Pennsylvania County
Recent statistics indicated that there have been 1,137 DUI arrests by State Police in Philadelphia since the start of 2008, the most arrests by troopers in any Pennsylvania county. In fact, state troopers who patrol Bucks, Lehigh, and Northampton counties also made 63% more drunken arrests this past Labor Day weekend than in 2008 as part of a state-wide crack down on drunken driving. While studies suggest that there were fewer people on our roadways, state troopers are tallying more arrests and issuing more tickets as part of an initiative by state and local police to crackdown on dangerous driving, particularly drunk driving. There have been more car accidents attributable to drunk drivers to date in 2009 than 2008.
The staff of Reiff and Bily, a law firm experienced in handling car accident cases since 1979, has seen a dramatic increase in the intake of cases involving drivers operating a vehicle under the influence. Many times tragic accidents occur, resulting from motorists driving under the influence, causing harm, catastrophic injuries or wrongful death to motor vehicle passengers. Coupled with an increase in DUIs, we are also noticing an interesting trend in that many operators of such vehicles do not have adequate insurance or, in fact, are uninsured thereby leaving innocent victims unable to collect for their catastrophic injuries.
I have also observed that many of the operators who have been apprehended while driving under the influence are driving on suspended driver’s licenses and have had multiple arrests for driving while intoxicated. The bottom line is that many of these people should not have been operating a motor vehicle in the first place and take their lack of responsibility further by drinking and causing easily preventable injuries.
If you or a loved one has been involved in a motor vehicle accident caused by a driver operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or any other intoxicating substance, please feel free to contact one of our experienced Philadelphia car accident lawyers for a free no obligation consultation at 1-800-421-9595 or online at www.reiffandbily.com.
