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Published October 18, 2010, 09:30 AM

Stats show N.D. "24-7 Sobriety Program" is working

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Statistics show that most people ordered into a program designed to keep drunken drivers off North Dakota roads are abstaining from alcohol.

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — Statistics show that most people ordered into a program designed to keep drunken drivers off North Dakota roads are abstaining from alcohol.

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem implemented the statewide initiative known as the “24-7 Sobriety Program.” Repeat drunken drivers must submit to regular testing for alcohol to stop them from drinking.

The Minot Daily News reports that statewide, between Jan. 1, 2008, and Aug. 4, 2010, 86 percent of the 112 people in the program were compliant.

Stenehjem says the program goes beyond telling people that if they continue to drink and drive, they won't be driving. Instead, he says, they won't be able to drink.

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