THURSDAY IS THE 8TH ANNUAL DWI MARCH OF SORROW AND MARCH OF HOPE … AND MORE THAN 300 NEW MEXICO STUDENTS ARE TAKING PART IN THE EVENT AT THE ROUND HOUSE IN SANTA FE. DOUG SHUPE WITH TRIPLE-A NEW MEXICO TELLS US A TRIPLE-A FOUNDATION FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY STUDY FOUND THE PROBLEM IS STILL CRITICAL, WITH 13 PERCENT OF THOSE SURVEYED ADMITTED THEY HAD DRIVEN LAST YEAR WHEN THEY HAD A BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL NEAR OR ABOVE THE LEGAL LIMIT.
MARCHERS HOPE LAWMAKERS PASS STRONG ANTI DWI MEASURES THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION. THE SILENT MARCH RECOGNIZES THE 166 PEOPLE KILLED IN DWI CRASHES LAST YEAR … UP FROM 112 IN 2015.
THE MARCH STARTS AT 12:55 PM THURSDAY AT THE EAST LOBBY ENTRANCE TO THE ROUND HOUSE.
