If you're heading to the St. Patrick's Day parade this weekend in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County District Attorney Jean Engler has some advice for you.

"Decide whether you want to drink or drive, but don't do both," Engler said.According to statistics released by the Pennsylvania DUI Association, two out of every five crashes over St. Patrick's Day weekend in 2013 involved drunken driving, with 31 people killed by drunk drivers.Jim Thorpe Police Chief Joe Schatz said while there is no way to get an official count, it's been estimated that the parade normally brings 10,000 to 12,000 into town."We want people to have a good time, but to adhere to the laws," Schatz said.Jim Thorpe police will have a full staff and will be assisted by the Pennsylvania State Police, officers from the LCB, and officers from the Cops and Shops initiative. Both uniformed and undercover officers will all be patrolling the parade route looking for underage drinking, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.Also on parade day there will be roving DUI patrols by the Pennsylvania State Police, and the DUI Task Force will have checkpoints. The state police will be setting up their intoxilyzer at the Jim Thorpe Police Station so the officers will not have to keep going back and forth to the state police barracks in Lehighton.Mahoning Township Police Chief Audie Mertz said they've seen a drop in DUI arrests since they set up the first checkpoint on parade day around six years ago. At that checkpoint along White Bear Drive, 12 drivers were charged with DUI out of the 216 vehicles stopped."A sober driver will be your luckiest charm this St. Patrick's Day," Engler said.