Texas Part of National Drunk Driving Campaign

The Labor Day holiday weekend has been very mucharrested if you are driving while intoxicated."
anticipated by all kinds of people. Many have plannedAside from this, it is also very important to note that
their activities for such a holiday like driving to varioussuch activities should not only be done by officers
destinations. Events like celebrations and parties wereduring grand occasions such as Labor Day. In fact, it
surely part of many plans for the Labor Day holidayshould continuously be done and the efforts doubled
weekend.during days when celebrations seem to be non-stop. In
And during such grand occasions, drinking and havingfact, officials from Texas have given out some very
fun cannot be avoided. That is why as part of theuseful tips so as to serve as reminders to drivers had
concern of keeping all people in Texas safe andplans on venturing on the road during that holiday
sound, the state of Texas has joined the Nationalweekend. One of these is to restraint oneself from
Drunk Driving Campaign. And the whole projectgetting behind the wheel if you have already been
seemed to be good enough for the numbers ofdrinking. Or if you do need to go home, it would be
accidents and cases that were due to drunk drivingbest to rather have a taxi take you home. Your
went down.vehicle can stay where it is until the morning.
When the Labor Day holiday weekend was justYour vehicle may look great and in total condition
about to start, Carlos Lopez who works as theafter you have just added some old Chevy truck
Director of Traffic Operations for Texas, said, "If youparts to give it a vintage look but it would not look as
drink and drive over Labor Day weekend, you couldgood after you do crash it into a tree or into someone
land in jail. Thousands of officers will be patrollingelse's vehicle.
streets and highways all over Texas, and you will be