No-Refusal' drunk driving crackdown held Super Bowl night through next morning.
Austin Police Department reported seventeen arrests for driving while intoxicated (DWI) in Austin after the Super Bowl. An anti-drunk driving initiative was conducted between 9:00 pm Sunday night and 5:00 am Monday, and it included implementation of the police department's 'no-refusal' policy. Motorists suspected of DWI who refused to submit to a breath test were subject to a warrant for a blood sample.
Warrants were used in seven situations, and in each of them the driver had a blood alcohol content (BAC) above .08%. Six of the seven had a BAC at least twice the legal limit, and four of those registered 0.24% or three times the limit. A total of 17 DWI arrests were made, with one more case under investigation.
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