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O NEWSLETTER A bi-monthly publication of the City of Roseville, Minnesota Volume 16 Number 4 July, 1983 ' Vacation Tips ` For Home Security When you embark on your vacation this summer, will you be fully prepared? Several days of frantic preparation culminate in the complex task of loading'mountains'of luggage into a mid-sized trunk, and coaxing family members into - prescribed places in the car. With all this accomplished,you depart; breathing a sigh of relief as the trunk(followed by the rest of the car)clears the end of the driveway. Ten miles down the road anxiety strikes, and you begin to mentally rehash your many lists, trying to figure out what you've forgotten. One vacation preparation that's just as vital as remembering to r pack your toothbrush is ensuring that ` the house will be safe in your absence. '�• Perhaps the best way to ward off The 198:3 Roseville Recreation summer playground staff.See the attached Park& burglars when you're gone for an Recreation Bulletin for more information. extended period is to try to make your DRINKING AND DRIVING house look and sound occupied.Places few lights and a radio or television on Minnesota's D.W.I. Law timing devices. You can also make This is the second of two articles on .05%, seven times as great at .10%and your home look occupied by leaving a car parked in the driveway. alcohol use and the problem of twenty-five times as great at .15%. drinking and driving.This article will D.W.I. Law Changes (Coutiniled oil Pnde 1) explain major changes made to The 1983 state legislature Minnesota's (D.W.I.) driving while extensively revised the Minnesota intoxicated law by the 1983 DW.I.law,putting more"teeth"in the legislature, and penalties affecting law in an effort to deter drinking those who choose to drink and drive. drivers. Major changes include: Volunteer • Why Minnesota Stiffened • In order to discourage intoxicated the D.W.I. Law drivers from refusing to submit to Recognition Minnesota is one of more than tests of blood alcohol content, the twenty states that have toughened new law states that this refusal can A citizen committee is planning a their laws relating to D.W.I. in an be used as evidence against the huge get-together at Central Park in effort to reduce the 25,000 deaths driver in court. celebration of the volunteer spirit in occurring annually in this country as a • The test results of"impaired" dri- Roseville.The festivities,to be held on result of drunk drivers. In Minnesota, vers, those with a blood alcohol September 11, will honor those who sixty percent of the drivers killed in content more than .07% but less have volunteered their time, talent, automobile accidents during 1982 (of than .10% (therefore passing the and effort toward civic projects and those tested)had alcohol in their blood. test), can now be sent to the programs. Activities planned from Drinking drivers cause death and life- Highway Department.If a driver is 2:00 p.m. to ?:00 Am. in the park long injuries and are responsible for stopped for driving while impaired include entertainment, games, and millions of dollars worth of property twice within a two year period, he recognition of Roseville's volunteers. damage each year. can be summoned for an evaluation The committee is putting together "Under the Influence" Defined of his drinking habits, and possibly lists of past and present volunteers In Minnesota, a driver is legally lose his driving privileges. who will receive invitations. To intoxicated when he has a blood • If a driver is convicted of driving minimize the number of people missed alcohol content of.10%or higher.This while intoxicated twice within five in this process, the celebration concentration�� is determined by a years or three times within ten organizers would like anyone who has breath tester or by direct analysis of years, the offense becomes a Gross been involved in any civic volunteer the driver's blood.Surveys indicate the Misdemeanor punishable by a work to contact the Recreation office probability of being involved in an $1,000 fine and/or one year in jail. if they would like to attend the accident is twice as great when a volunteer festivities. a a o driver has a blood alcohol content of (Continued oil Pnge a)