Law enforcement officers will be highly visible beginning this weekend as they launch a two-week statewide campaign to remove impaired drivers from our roadways.

City, county, and state police in Pierce, King, and Snohomish counties will be targeting roadways and the days and times of the week where motorists are most at risk for being hit by a drug or alcohol impaired driver.

Driver impairment continues to be the most frequent factor contributing to traffic deaths in Washington State with half of all traffic deaths in Washington involving an impaired driver. Statewide, law enforcement from local police, sheriff agencies and the Washington State Patrol will work these extra patrols, which are funded by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission.

Patrols are coordinated by Target Zero Managers across the state with support from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission and are part of an ongoing partnership between law enforcement, public health, and the community to reach the Washington State Target Zero goal of eliminating all fatal and serious injury crashes by 2030.