'Tis The Season For DUI: 138 Arrests On Christmas Day

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Quite a few people in L.A. County failed to "avoid the 100" this Christmas, resulting in 138 DUI arrests as of 6am Christmas morning.

The number of 2011 Christmas Day DUI arrests is up 55 from last year. KABC reports that 710 Californians were arrested on Christmas for DUI, exceeding last year's state total by 203 arrests. The arrest figures include only freeways and unincorporated areas patrolled by the California Highway Patrol. Los Angeles Police and the L.A. Sheriff's Department have yet to release DUI figures.

Along with L.A. County's "Avoid the 100" anti-DUI holiday campaign, the CHP has launched a "maximum enforcement period" from 6pm Friday through 12:01am Tuesday to crack down on drunk drivers.

Drunk and drugged drivers are being targeted by "Avoid the 100" through January 1 via 32 DUI/driver's license checkpoints and 202 moving DUI patrols. The campaign's first weekend netted 598 arrests.

For lists of remaining checkpoints and patrols, click here and here.