Posted on February 8, 2010 at 11:01 AM
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- At least 58 people were arrested over Super Bowl weekend for intoxicated driving, about the same number as last year, police said.
Between midnight Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday there were eight DUII arrests in Salem, seven in Portland and seven in Tualatin, with the rest occurring outside the metro Portland area, according to statistics provided by the Oregon State Police.
Last year, 50 people were arrested.
No fatalities were reported.
said on February 8, 2010 at 11:16 AM
58 seems high but is it? It would have been nice to know the average weekend arrests.
said on February 8, 2010 at 11:42 AM
State reports 58 DUIIs, no fatalities for Super Bowl. "Between midnight Saturday and 6 a.m. Sunday ..." Wasn't the Super Bowl on Sunday afternoon? Si Se Puede!!!
said on February 8, 2010 at 11:45 AM
thats 58000 dollars the state did not have before yesterday!
said on February 8, 2010 at 11:46 AM
whoops i meant 580000!!!!
said on February 8, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Drunk driving is a complete disregard of public safety. They should lose their driving privileges forever.
said on February 8, 2010 at 2:48 PM
Wait a minute drezman... the average DUI fine is $1,000.00. But, that $1,000.00 pays for your "all expense paid" stay in the local county hotel for (at least) one night. By the way, that money does Not go to the State, it goes to the city or the county... and for what? The jury is still out on that one, but rest assured, that $1,000.00 is the minimum GUARANTEED! So when you say, "$580,000.000" where is the extra $522,000.00 coming from? On the other hand, the maximum is about $6,500.00; and that is for the worste case scenario. Suppose all 58 DUII arrests resulted in the maximum penalty... that would be $377,000.00 at best. But, then again, these idiots would be subject to some extended vacation time compliments of the county hotel. You may be correct in your assertion of $580,000.00. But by these calculations their is an extreme budget shortfall because it allegedly costs $30,000 per day per guest in our wonderful hotels. That's $1.74M/day for 58 of these lucky individuas
said on February 8, 2010 at 3:47 PM
"Wonderful County Hotels"? What 1950's-jailhouse-Elvis-Presley-movie are you living in?
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