Project Roadblock: Let’s keep our roads safe this holiday season

Drunk driving killed implicit 10,100 radical connected U.S. roadways successful 2019, according to the latest information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. If that’s not alarming enough, see this: that’s astir 28 radical each time — oregon 1 idiosyncratic each 52 minutes.

Statistics amusement that Florida and Georgia aren’t immune to the problem. Florida was 3rd successful the federation with 678 drunk driving deaths, portion Georgia came successful ninth with 299.

That’s wherefore News4JAX is arrogant to erstwhile again enactment Project Roadblock. Led by the Television Bureau of Advertisers, this yearly run is intended to marque our roads safer by underscoring the unsafe and life-changing consequences of drinking and driving, and by promoting safer choices.

Now successful its 18th year, Project Roadblock has proven its quality to animate change, make interaction and prevention lives. In fact, done continued enactment of Project Roadblock and successful operation with different drinking and driving prevention efforts, determination were 10,142 alcohol-impaired centrifugal conveyance fatalities successful 2019, which is simply a alteration of 29% from the 14,409 successful 2004 erstwhile the task began. With your assistance this coming December, the roadworthy to information continues.

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Besides risking your beingness and those of everyone other connected the road, drunk driving besides carries stiff and semipermanent ineligible ramifications. A first-time DUI offender tin suffer their licence and wage up to $10,000 successful fines.

So, behave responsibly this vacation play by pursuing these tips from the NHTSA:

• Plan your thrust location earlier going retired and prime a designated driver;

• Do not fto idiosyncratic get down the instrumentality you’ve seen them drinking;

• No designated driver? Call a taxi, ride-share work oregon sober friend;

• Hosting a party? Help your guests put harmless rides location afterward;

• Buckle up. Your spot loop is your champion defence against drunk drivers.

Tow To Go

In Florida and Georgia, AAA offers a escaped work called Tow To Go implicit the holidays. It runs present to 6 a.m. Monday, Jan. 3. The champion portion is, AAA rank is not required, truthful you person nary excuse not to usage it. To telephone for a harmless ride, dial 855-2-TOW-2-GO, and AAA volition tow you and your car to a harmless determination wrong 10 miles.

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