ENFORCEMENT TO CRACKDOWN ON DRUNK AND UNSAFE DRIVING

August 26, 2014                                                                              Tim Roberts, 850-694-1211LAW ENFORCEMENT TO CRACKDOWN ON DRUNK AND UNSAFE DRIVING   ~Annual Hands Across the Border Campaign Promotes Safe Labor Day Driving~  Campbellton, Fla.- Drunk driving is one of America’s deadliest crimes – in 2013, there were nearly 1,000 alcohol related fatalities across Florida.  This week – leading up to the Labor Day weekend – law enforcement agencies in Florida, Georgia and Alabama are once again joining forces for “;Hands Across the Border,”; an annual traffic safety campaign. Law enforcement officers will crack down on unsafe driving through saturation patrols and checkpoints throughout the week.  On Tuesday, August 26, 2014, officers from three states will meet and pledge to work together this holiday weekend to ensure drivers are maintaining safe speeds, not drinking and driving and always using their safety belts.  “;Every year, and every holiday weekend, we continue to see far too many people suffer debilitating injuries and loss of life as a result of impaired driving,”; said Tim Roberts, Florida Law Enforcement Liaison representative for the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign. "This careless disregard for human lives must stop, which is why Florida, and our bordering state law enforcement agencies will be arresting impaired drivers wherever and whenever they find them during the Labor Day holiday. Day or Night.”;    10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 26, 2014 Hwy 231 Florida Welcome Center Campbellton, FL   Law enforcement officers from three states will meet at the Alabama Welcome Center at 9:45am and caravan to the Florida Welcome Center as a sign of mutual support in their efforts to reducing DUI crashes and fatalities during the Labor Day week in both States.             www.dot.state.fl.us