December 2, 2014 - December 1st starts the 2014 Pre-Holiday Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving Campaign.

This time of year, with all the holiday parties and festive occasions, many partygoers will be drinking. If you’re celebrating with alcohol this holiday season, the California Highway Patrol has a message for you: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.

Due to the increase in drunk-driving-related fatalities around the holidays each year, law enforcement agencies across America will be out in force from December 1 - January 1, 2015—actively searching for drunk drivers.

The facts are grim: in December 2012 there were 830 people killed in crashes involving at least one driver or motorcycle operator with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 or higher; 26 of those deaths occurred on Christmas Day. On average, a third (31%) of all crash fatalities in America involve drunk driving. But on Christmas day 2012, the percentage jumped to 36 percent. “It’s time for all drivers to get the message.”