The end of the year holiday season has law enforcement on alert.
State and Local police will be working overtime, hoping to prevent drunk driving, vehicle crashes and DUI related deaths.
You've probably seen the message boards along major highways across the state. Flashing on and off, the signs repeatedly read, "Drive sober or get pulled over." It's part of a State Police and PennDOT initiative dubbed, "Operation Safe Holiday."
George Geisler Jr. with the Pennsylvania DUI Association is asking people to drive sober. "Drinking and driving is not a good combination. It's a deadly cocktail. Throughout the commonwealth last year, just over christmas, there were 288 alcohol related crashes and eight fatalities."
Troopers will be looking for seat-belt violators, aggressive driving and impaired drivers. The initiative will use sobriety checkpoints, roving patrols and regular traffic safety patrols.
Geisler says one or two drinks can lead to a series of sometime fatal mistakes. "First of all, you forget to put your seatbelt on. That's the best defense against a crash of any kind, particularly impaired driving crashes. Driving aggressively as I saw today, People weaving in and out of traffic and speeding, not using their turn signal, staying in the left lane and that creates aggressive driving."
State and Local police will be working overtime, hoping to prevent drunk driving, vehicle crashes and DUI related deaths.
You've probably seen the message boards along major highways across the state. Flashing on and off, the signs repeatedly read, "Drive sober or get pulled over." It's part of a State Police and PennDOT initiative dubbed, "Operation Safe Holiday."
George Geisler Jr. with the Pennsylvania DUI Association is asking people to drive sober. "Drinking and driving is not a good combination. It's a deadly cocktail. Throughout the commonwealth last year, just over christmas, there were 288 alcohol related crashes and eight fatalities."
Troopers will be looking for seat-belt violators, aggressive driving and impaired drivers. The initiative will use sobriety checkpoints, roving patrols and regular traffic safety patrols.
Geisler says one or two drinks can lead to a series of sometime fatal mistakes. "First of all, you forget to put your seatbelt on. That's the best defense against a crash of any kind, particularly impaired driving crashes. Driving aggressively as I saw today, People weaving in and out of traffic and speeding, not using their turn signal, staying in the left lane and that creates aggressive driving."