Ryan ChartrandAt 12:51 a.m. Saturday, a Cal Poly student was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after his vehicle struck three unoccupied parked cars and barely missed a house located on the 800 block of Murray Street.
Biochemistry senior Derek Granados was booked at the San Luis Obispo County Jail for a misdemeanor DUI. No one was injured in the accident.
Granado’s mother, of Fresno, was reached for comment.
“I am thankful for no fatalities and I know (Derek) knows he made the wrong decision,” she said.
The San Luis Obispo Police Department has plans to decrease the amount of DUI offenses in the city.
“There are around 250 DUIs per year, 20 per month and an average of five to 10 arrests per weekend,” chief watchman Steve Tolley said.
The DUI Task Force of San Luis Obispo County is currently decreasing the amount of DUIs by continuing the “Avoid the 14” project. The project implements warrant sweeps to arrest individuals residing in the area with previous warrants issued for drunken driving offenses.
The DUI Task Force is also in charge of major checkpoints put throughout the county during the holidays, which is the No. 1 way to catch drunk drivers.
“Part of our mission is to eliminate deaths and encourage others to designate a driver,” said Erin Taylor of the County of San Luis Obispo DUI Task Force.