CHP Launches 12‑Hour Statewide Crackdown on Impaired Drivers

Overview

• The CHP has begun a 12-hour statewide Maximum Enforcement Period that runs during the evening and overnight hours and uses all uniformed personnel to seek out and stop suspected impaired motorists.
• Officers will concentrate on drivers suspected of alcohol or drug impairment and the agency urged people who plan to drink to arrange sober rides home.
• CHP cited its 2022–2024 traffic records showing impaired driving contributed to an average of nearly 800 fatal crashes per year and more than 39,400 injury crashes overall.
• The agency pointed to a similar 12-hour operation last Halloween that resulted in more than 500 suspected-impaired-driver arrests and nearly 2,000 speeding citations as evidence of the campaign’s operational impact.
• Motorists are asked to call 911 with a vehicle’s make, model, license plate and direction of travel if they see a suspected impaired driver, a step CHP says could speed removal of dangerous drivers and reduce crashes.