Drivers can now go to a website to find out where officers will be looking for people Driving Under the Influence in Pierce, King or Snohomish counties.
The website waTikiLeaks.com has a Washington state map with the three counties activated. Click on a county and you get dates, times and locations for upcoming DUI patrols, according to a Washington Traffic Safety Commission media release.
The site has a mobile version, so people can easily view the information on their smart phone. waTikiLeaks.com also has sharing options via Twitter or Facebook.
Pierce, King and Snohomish Counties are participating in a special two-year Target Zero Teams project, with a goal of reducing deaths caused by DUI. To reach the goal, the teams are doing what they can to deter and take enforcement against DUI.
Information on waTikiLeaks.com is posted by local Traffic Safety Task Forces who are participating in Target Zero Teams.
Why are they leaking information that could help drivers avoid tickets and arrests? The task forces promote safe driving on a community level, and one method is to encourage sober driving, according to the media release.
The site is sponsored by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.
Extra DUI patrols started Aug. 19 and will run through Sept. 5. Fourteen South King County law enforcement agencies will have officers out looking for impaired drivers.
The Algona, Auburn, Bellevue, Black Diamond, Burien, Clyde Hill, Covington, Des Moines, Federal Way, Issaquah, Kent, Kirkland, Maple Valley, Newcastle, Normandy Park, North Bend, Pacific, Redmond, Renton, Sammamish, Seatac, Seattle, Snoqualmie and Tukwila Police Departments, and the Washington State Patrol will join nearly 10,000 other agencies nationwide in this Drive Hammered, Get Nailed campaign.
For additional information about the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, visit www.wtsc.wa.gov.
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