60 people were arrested by the California Highway Patrol for DUI Thanksgiving holiday weekend in San Diego County.
San Diego drunk driving arrestees were suspected DUI primarily on freeways and in unincorporated areas. The remaining areas are enforced by San Diego Police Department, San Diego Sheriff’s Department, Carslbad PD, Oceanside PD, Escondido PD, Chula Vista PD, La Mesa PD, El Cajon PD, and related agencies.
This number was 59 San Diego DUI arrests by CHP in 2010.
DUI arrests in California declined from 975 reported in 2010, to 903 this year, per San Diego criminal drunk driving defense attorneys.
Also as of 6 a.m. Saturday, according to San Diego DUI defense lawyers, there were 2 driving accident deaths.