Just 1 in 25 people got behind the wheel more often in the early months of COVID, but those drivers tended to skew younger and disproportionately male, a traditionally riskier population.
The Division of Highway Traffic Safety has awarded $505,500 in grants to 98 law enforcement agencies for the purposes of enhanced patrols and sobriety checkpoints.
If you plan on getting a little too merry this month and decide to hit the road while impaired, be warned: police across the state will be out in force as part of the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" initiative.