The Dane County Sheriff's Office will unite with the National Football League and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Super Bowl Sunday to warn against drunk driving.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, in the same amount of time it takes to play the first half of the Super Bowl, someone will likely be injured or killed in an alcohol-related traffic crash in Wisconsin.
Dennis Hughes of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation said many people will be drinking at bars and parties before, during and after the game Sunday.
That's why law enforcement and traffic safety agencies throughout the state are urging football fans to not let their fellow fans drive drunk,"" he said.
According to Hughes, a person is killed or injured in an alcohol-related crash approximately every 88 minutes in Wisconsin.
The NHTSA emphasized Super Bowl weekend as one where extra enforcement on the roads is essential.
Elise Schaffer, public information officer for the Sheriff's Office, said that because the Sheriff's Office has a number of grants from the Department of Transportation, they were able to respond by putting out extra patrols starting Friday at 3 p.m. through Sunday night.
- Caitlin Gath
