ROAD FATALITIES UP 47% 11/26/12 7:00a DMF

FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING TO SUNDAY MORNING THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL MARKED 31 FATALITIES ACROSS THE STATE UP FROM THE 21 RECORDED LAST YEAR. CHP OFFICERS REPORT THAT INSTEAD OF NEGLIGENCE ONSET BY DRINKING AND DRUGS THE ADDED STRESS HOLIDAY FESTIVITIES CAN ADD THAT HURT SLEEP PATTERNS, WORK AND VACATION SCHEDULES AND DRIVING ROUTINES WERE A MAJOR FACTOR. ADDITIONALLY ONE CLEAR PATTERN EMERGED FROM THE STRING OF FATALITIES: 13 OF THE 21 WERE NOT WEARING SEAT BELTS.