I recently read an article in the Yuma sun that was talking about the dunes over Thanksgiving weekend.
For one reason or another (most likely the cold bud light I had in my hand at the time I was reading it)
one particular statistic stood out.
“He added there were 42 arrests made in the dunes, including 13 people arrested for operating off-roading vehicles while intoxicated, he said. The number of arrests were down from a year ago, he said.”
The original article can be found here
What struck me was the amount of DUI arrests made over the weekend. Either high or low depending on how you look at it; assuming you are a dune detractor then its very high and DANGEROUS, or, if an advocate normal to low. Being an advocate I felt it was low and decided to investigate. Keep in mind those that want to close the dunes down love citing the reasons why we should close em, chief among them always seems to be boozed up lunatics(IVP article) driving around 500hp death machines. EVERYTIME I read one of these articles a fellow duner always comments making a vague reference to the stats based on population at the dunes and how it compares to comprable demo’s. Therefore I felt it appropriate to investigate the demographics on the matter as having a blog makes me a fully accredited member of the media:} Personified in this case by someone who pretends to be able to identify bullshit when he smells it and knows how to use google. I found the following.
FINDINGS
First let it be known that the population of Glamis over the Thanksgiving holiday is 172,000 according to the IVP.
Imperial County has a estimated population of 160, 301 with 1181 DUI’s per year (2005 statistic via 2007 Annual report of the California DUI management information system).
So following these numbers we are talking about 3.2 DUI’s per day.
So following this logic…
a population of 172,000 would be allotted around 3.5 DUI’s per day given the mild increase in pop and assuming its following imperial county numbers.
Thanksgiving Weekend is conservatively 5 days. Which would mean 3.5 per day. So 17.5 over the entire holiday weekend.
We had 14.
I am not a statistician but either is the BLM of the IVP for that matter. Based on these numbers its clear that the Glamis population GETS LESS DUI’s PER DAY then the entire IMPREIAL COUNTY.
A pretty amazing statistic considering cars on city streets vs sand cars bikes, rhino’s, quads, jeeps, trucks, three wheelers, all on uneven terrain with no street signs, no traffic cameras, and little enforcement.
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DUI arrests in the dunes
December 10, 2008
I recently read an article in the Yuma sun that was talking about the dunes over Thanksgiving weekend.
For one reason or another (most likely the cold bud light I had in my hand at the time I was reading it)
one particular statistic stood out.
“He added there were 42 arrests made in the dunes, including 13 people arrested for operating off-roading vehicles while intoxicated, he said. The number of arrests were down from a year ago, he said.”
The original article can be found here
What struck me was the amount of DUI arrests made over the weekend. Either high or low depending on how you look at it; assuming you are a dune detractor then its very high and DANGEROUS, or, if an advocate normal to low. Being an advocate I felt it was low and decided to investigate. Keep in mind those that want to close the dunes down love citing the reasons why we should close em, chief among them always seems to be boozed up lunatics(IVP article) driving around 500hp death machines. EVERYTIME I read one of these articles a fellow duner always comments making a vague reference to the stats based on population at the dunes and how it compares to comprable demo’s. Therefore I felt it appropriate to investigate the demographics on the matter as having a blog makes me a fully accredited member of the media:} Personified in this case by someone who pretends to be able to identify bullshit when he smells it and knows how to use google. I found the following.
FINDINGS
First let it be known that the population of Glamis over the Thanksgiving holiday is 172,000 according to the IVP.
Imperial County has a estimated population of 160, 301 with 1181 DUI’s per year (2005 statistic via 2007 Annual report of the California DUI management information system).
So following these numbers we are talking about 3.2 DUI’s per day.
So following this logic…
a population of 172,000 would be allotted around 3.5 DUI’s per day given the mild increase in pop and assuming its following imperial county numbers.
Thanksgiving Weekend is conservatively 5 days. Which would mean 3.5 per day. So 17.5 over the entire holiday weekend.
We had 14.
I am not a statistician but either is the BLM of the IVP for that matter. Based on these numbers its clear that the Glamis population GETS LESS DUI’s PER DAY then the entire IMPREIAL COUNTY.
A pretty amazing statistic considering cars on city streets vs sand cars bikes, rhino’s, quads, jeeps, trucks, three wheelers, all on uneven terrain with no street signs, no traffic cameras, and little enforcement.
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