DUI TASK FORCE | Facts and figures The Mahoning County District Board of Health makes these points about impaired driving:

Many otherwise law-abiding citizens continue to view impaired driving merely as a traffic offense, but impaired driving is no accident nor is it a victimless crime.
Impaired driving randomly kills someone in America every 30 minutes.
Those who refuse a blood alcohol concentration test can lose their license on the spot and have their car impounded.
In 2003, 463 people were killed in Ohio in alcohol-related crashes, nearly 36 percent of the 1,278 total traffic fatalities. In 2002, the state had 482 alcohol-related traffic fatalities.
From 2001 through 2003, Mahoning County recorded 990 alcohol-related crashes, with 24 fatalities. Nearly 60 percent of the crashes occurred in Youngstown, Boardman and Austintown.
October, November and December are the worst months.
Law enforcement agencies participating in the DUI task force: Austintown, Boardman, Beaver, Campbell, Canfield, Coitsville, Goshen, Jackson, Lake Milton State Park, Lowellville, Mill Creek MetroParks, Milton, Mahoning County Sheriff, New Middletown, Ohio State Highway Patrol (Canfield post), Poland (township), Smith, Springfield, Struthers, Youngstown and Youngstown State University
XSource: Tracy Styka, Mahoning County District Board of Health.