With New Years Eve on horizon, law enforcement cracking down on roadways

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Lines pained connected the halfway of a road. (Pexels)

It’s the past week of 2021, and the Florida Highway Patrol and Department of Transportation are doing each they tin to guarantee drivers are cautious connected the roadways arsenic they question to their vacation destinations.

According to information from Florida Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, much radical died successful car crashes successful 2020 (3,332) compared to this twelvemonth (3,181), but determination person been much reported crashes this twelvemonth (355,997) than the twelvemonth anterior (341,399).

In Duval County, FHSMV says, 174 died successful crashes successful 2021 successful a full of 162 deadly crashes. That’s somewhat nether the information from 2020, which showed 187 radical died successful 199 crashes.

On Monday morning, a 37-year-old antheral died aft investigators said his car went of the State Road 9B exit ramp, colliding with the factual overpass. On Sunday night, a 26-year-old motorcyclist died successful a clang with a car connected Southside Boulevard.

With New Years Eve connected the horizon, Hampton Ray with FDOT warns drivers to beryllium cautious amid the unreserved of the vacation season. Importantly, helium says, don’t thrust nether the influence.

“Just use a sober driver,” Ray said. “There are a fig of antithetic programs that volition assistance you assistance link you with a sober driver, you know, a designated operator to marque definite that you’re making good, harmless decisions connected the roadway.”

Statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from 2019 shows that Florida was 3rd successful the federation with 790 drunk driving deaths, portion Georgia came successful 4th with 353.

There volition beryllium other patrols retired connected New Years Eve to marque definite radical are not driving impaired.