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Pa. Breaks DUI Arrest Record In 2007

State police troopers made a record number of arrests last year for driving under the influence, up 3 percent over the number of DUI arrests in 2006.

Last year, troopers made 15,583 DUI arrests. In 2006, troopers made 15,067 DUI arrests, which was a record number at the time.

"It is the responsibility of each and every driver in Pennsylvania to stay out of the driver's seat when he or she is impaired by alcohol or other drugs," the state police commissioner, Col. Jeffrey B. Miller, said in a statement Tuesday.  "When in doubt, don't make a foolish, dangerous decision. Give the keys to someone else, phone for a taxi, or call a friend or family member for a ride."

Troopers investigated 4,775 alcohol-related crashes in 2007, up 1 percent from 2006, although the state highway department has said the number of alcohol-related crash deaths dropped to 525 last year from 544 in 2006.

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