NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — This holiday season, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) has once again ramped up its Booze It and Lose It campaign. But where can you expect to see increased patrols and sobriety checkpoints?
Booze It and Lose It is a part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. Data from the Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security and the Tennessee Highway Patrol indicated that between Nov. 1, 2023 and Oct. 31, a third of all deadly crashes involved a DUI offense.
Similarly, 1 in 7 serious injury crashes involved a DUI. Overall, half of all DUI crashes result in some kind of injury or even death, with 10% of DUI drivers receiving serious injuries or dying themselves.
The Cheatham County Sheriff's Office told News 2 that the agency has partnered with the THSO and plans to increase enforcement until Wed, Jan. 1. Officers will conduct traffic saturations at various times and locations across the county through the duration of the holiday season.
Other dates and locations across Middle Tennessee include:
| Date | County | Location |
| Dec. 20 | Williamson | Highway 96 and Chapel Road |
| Dec. 20 | Sumner | Highway 31E at Roundtree Estates |
| Dec. 20 | Giles | U.S. Highway 31 at mile marker 14 |
| Dec. 20 | Lincoln | S.R. 275 at mile marker 4.5 |
| Dec. 20 | Decatur | S.R. 69 at mile marker 33 |
| Dec. 27 | Montgomery | Salem Road at Clara Court |
| Dec. 27 | Jackson | S.R. 56 at the Putnam County line |
| Dec. 27 | Lawrence | U.S. Highway 43 South at mile marker 29 |
| Dec. 27 | Lincoln | S.R. 275 at mile marker 4.5 |
| Dec. 31 | Coffee | U.S. Highway 41 at Blanton Chapel Road |
| Dec. 31 | Wilson | 1854 State Highway 171 |
| Dec. 31 | Williamson | U.S. 431 at I-849 |
| Dec. 31 | Lawrence | U.S. Highway 43 North at mile marker 23.4 |
| Dec. 31 | Bedford | S.R. 437 at mile marker 1.8 |
| Dec. 31 | Lincoln | S.R. 121 at mile marker 2, west of Elora |
The THSO reminds everyone that a blood alcohol measurement of 0.08% defines the criminal offense. The Cheatham County Sheriff's Office added that the consequences of a single DUI conviction for a first-time offender in Tennessee could include everything from fines, jail time, mandatory drug and alcohol treatment or the installation of an ignition interlock device on your vehicle.