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p to

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mis

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4 Y

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Min

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axim

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to 7

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18

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to 1

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2

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raffi

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to 1

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*

The

Dep

artm

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f Mot

or V

ehic

les

deci

des

whe

n yo

ur li

cens

e ca

n be

ret

urne

d. It

s re

turn

or

rein

stat

emen

t, ba

sed

on s

tate

law

or

re

gula

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is n

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utom

atic

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mus

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ly fo

r yo

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ay c

ivil

pena

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rel

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e an

d yo

u m

ay h

ave

to ta

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test

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anno

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dem

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SU

FF

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mC

ou

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Ex

ec

uti

ve

Ste

ve

Le

vy

Am

azin

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it

may

see

m,

we

stil

l ha

ve t

o re

min

d pe

ople

fro

m t

ime

to t

ime

abou

t th

e da

nger

s of

dru

nk d

rivi

ng a

nd i

ts t

ragi

c co

nseq

uenc

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Nat

ionw

ide,

in

just

the

pas

t de

cade

, N

atio

nwid

e, i

n ju

st t

he p

ast

deca

de,

near

ly a

qua

rter

of

a m

illi

on p

eopl

e ha

ve

had

thei

r li

ves

cut

shor

t si

mpl

y be

caus

e so

meo

ne a

ttem

pted

to

driv

e dr

unk.

It

is a

n ap

pall

ing

stat

isti

c th

at c

ause

s fa

mil

y he

artb

reak

fro

m S

uffo

lk C

ount

y to

San

F

ranc

isco

and

nea

rly

ever

ywhe

re i

n be

twee

n.be

twee

n.

But

in

Suf

folk

, w

e ar

e w

orki

ng h

ard

to

elim

inat

e th

is p

lagu

e of

our

roa

dway

s by

tr

eati

ng i

t as

the

vio

lent

cri

me

it i

s. O

ur

poli

ce f

orce

has

mad

e te

ns o

f th

ousa

nds

of D

WI

arre

sts

in j

ust

the

past

six

yea

rs,

and

we

have

con

vict

ed m

ore

drun

k dr

iver

s th

an e

ver

befo

re.

By

doin

g so

, an

d by

usi

ng b

ette

r eq

uipm

ent

and

bett

er

by u

sing

bet

ter

equi

pmen

t an

d be

tter

m

etho

ds o

f de

tect

ion,

we

have

cut

the

nu

mbe

r of

alc

ohol

-rel

ated

fat

alit

ies

in

half

. A

nd w

e ar

e go

ing

to k

eep

wor

king

to

brin

g th

at n

umbe

r do

wn.

If y

ou c

are

abou

t el

imin

atin

g dr

unk

driv

ing,

you

can

do

your

par

t by

rea

ding

th

is b

roch

ure

and

shar

ing

it w

ith

thos

e yo

u ca

re a

bout

. If

you

hav

e an

y qu

esti

ons

or r

equi

re f

urth

er i

nfor

mat

ion

plea

se c

all

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