Cardinals fan seen late Sunday night

This just in: Austin Police will be running their “no refusal” program on Super Bowl Sunday, meaning if you get pulled over on suspicion of drunken driving and refuse to blow you’ll get a prick instead.

This is the third no-refusal DWI initiative weekend since the department rolled out the program last Halloween. If you fail to blow, police will secure a warrant to draw blood to check alcohol content. On Halloween, 54 people were arrested under the initiative. All were legally drunk, according to APD, and 73% tested at least twice the legal limit.

Police will be running the “Super Bowl No-Refusal” overnight Sunday, from 9pm to 5am Monday morning.

This article appears in January 30 • 2009.

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