Monday, August 10, 2009

Los Angeles Women drinking more, DUI arrests up, experts say

LOS ANGELES – "Women are picking up some of the dangerously bad habits of men," said Chuck Hurley, CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

In New York's Westchester County, where Diane Schuler's crash happened, the number of women arrested for drunken driving is up 2 percent this year, and officers said they are noticing more women with children in the back seat, said Michael Bialys, Los Angeles DUI lawyer.

"We realized for the last two to three years, the pattern of more female drivers, particularly mothers with kids in their cars, getting arrested for drunk driving," said Tom Meier, director of Drug Prevention and Stop DWI for the county.

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