Boro police to participate in drunken driving program The borough police department will be stepping up impaired driving enforcement as part of New Jersey's "Over the Limit Under Arrest" 2007 year end crackdown this holiday season. The goal of the program is to raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving through high visibility enforcement and to arrest motorist who choose to drive impaired by drug and alcohol, according to a press release from the West long Branch Police Department. Impaired drivers kill nearly 18,000 people on the nation's roads, according to the release, which states that in New Jersey in 2005, 252 of the 748 motor vehicle fatalities were alcohol related. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that nearly 97 percent of Americans view drinking and driving by others as a threat to their families and themselves, according to the release. The West Long Branch Police Department offers the following advice: • Be responsible and don't risk it; • If you plan to drink, choose a designated driver before going out; • Realize before going out that every drink you have makes it more difficult to know when you have had too much to drive; • Take mass transit, a taxicab or ask a sober friend to drive you home; • Spend the night where the activity is held; • Report impaired drivers to law enforcement and • Always buckle up. For more information on the "Over the Limit Under Arrest" program, call the borough police department at (732) 229-5000.