drunken driving

During a pandemic with more people at home, restaurants at reduced capacity and alcohol service cut off at 10 p.m., Montgomery County police say their arrests for DUI are not declining. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on why drunken drivers may pose an even greater danger on the roads this year.

The News4 I-Team found one big danger remains on the roads during the coronavirus pandemic. Scott MacFarlane reports the stay-at-home orders aren’t keeping some people from drinking and driving and getting caught.

Despite stay-at-home orders and the closure of restaurants and bars regionwide, police have arrested hundreds of people in the D.C. area for driving drunk in the past month, according to an investigation by the News4 I-Team. Though DUI arrests have dropped from the same time period in 2019, drunken driving persists, to the surprise and frustration of safety officials and…