Photo Radar Van Driver busted for DUI

The driver was identified as 53-year-old Redflex employee Roderick M. Ruffin. He reportedly failed field sobriety tests and was booked and released on an extreme DUI charge.

Police in Scottsdale say they've arrested a man driving a photo-enforcement van on suspicion of drunken driving. Sgt. Mark Clark says the van owned by Scottsdale-based Redflex Traffic Systems was spotted driving erratically by a citizen Saturday evening. Clark says in a statement released Tuesday that the witness reported the driver had hit the curb twice and nearly caused a crash.

A Scottsdale officer caught up with the van, saw it weaving and made a traffic stop. The driver was identified as 53-year-old Redflex employee Roderick M. Ruffin. He reportedly failed field sobriety tests and was booked and released on an extreme DUI charge.

A Redflex statement says Ruffin had undergone a background check that came back clean. He has been fired.

Major statewide DUI task force begins Friday the 15th of August

Hundreds of police officers throughout Arizona will be targeting drunk drivers and boaters, beginning Friday and lasting through Labor Day.

Jack Lane with DPS said anyone can help out. "If you see an impaired driver, call 911. Let us know," he said.

According to authorities, 40 percent of Arizona traffic and boating deaths involve alcohol.

"We're gonna be out there," Lane said. "We've got several DUI sobriety checkpoints that will be out there. Obviously our task forces and mobile patrols are gonna be there."

He urged people to use designated drivers. "Bottom line is: use the designated drivers," he said. "Please use the designated drivers. We have to stop the killings on the roads."

Lets all hope this makes a few more people stay home after drinking to much or call a cab etc.!