While the Super Bowl Sunday was, a few years back, considered a night that witnessed a fairly high number of drunken drivers hitting the roads, the police officials now believe that drink driving incidents occurring Super Bowl Sunday have become much like those on any other night.

Though the Super Bowl Sunday was previously considered to be a night with high number of drunken drivers on the road, the police officials believe that, over the years, the era of Super Bowl parties and the resultant increase in drink driving cases on Super Bowl Sunday had prompted the authorities to ensure that extra patrolling is carried out, to specifically look for drunken drivers.

As per the officials, the special patrols by the police force on Super Bowl Sunday has brought down the number of arrests in recent years, as compared to the huge number of arrests which were previously recorded on the event night.

Revealing that Super Bowl Sunday will have offices from every department in Porter County on the road for special patrolling paid by several grants, Valparaiso police Sgt. Mike Grennes - who is the head of the Porter County Drunk Driving Task Force - said that the number of arrests on Super Bowl Sunday has been seeing a decline.

Noting that the fall in the number of arrests is apparently a consequence of "the media attention and the education we've been doing," Grennes said: "And there's the fear of arrest. But we hope our message is getting out to the public."