Sheriff’s Office to conduct traffic enforcement for Halloween

The Lorain County Sheriff’s Office will conduct high visibility traffic enforcement for Halloween Oct. 27-31, targeting impaired driving, according to a news release from the Sheriff’s Office.

Funding for this enforcement is made possible from the Impaired Driving Enforcement Program grant, the release said.

This grant is federally funded in conjunction with the Ohio Traffic Safety Office.

The main goal of these high visibility enforcement blitzes is to reduce the number of alcohol and speed related accidents, along with seat belt usage in Lorain County, according to the release.

Halloween is meant to be scary, but not when it comes to driving, the release said.

When it comes to drunk driving, Halloween can turn the roads into a true horror story, the release said.

Halloween is a particularly deadly night due to drunk drivers, and not all victims are drunk drivers, according to the release.

According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 44 percent of all people killed in motor vehicle crashes on Halloween night from 2012-16 were in crashes involving a drunk driver.

The 21- to 34-year-old age group accounted for the most fatalities, 46 percent, in drunk-driving crashes on Halloween night in 2016, according to the Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

The Sheriff’s Office is encouraging everyone to remember “Drive Sober” or “Get Pulled Over,” and keep the roads safe for our little ghosts and goblins.

Halloween is a particularly deadly night due to drunk drivers, and not all victims are drunk drivers...