South Florida Holiday Driving Alert: FHP Steps Up Efforts to Curb Car Accidents over Memorial Day Weekend
The Florida Highway Patrol announced it will be on the lookout to stop and apprehend drunk drivers in Florida over Memorial Day weekend, as well as anyone else breaking Florida driving laws. The step-up in driving safety law enforcement extends through midnight of May 31, 2010.
FHP is participating in three national driving safety campaigns this holiday weekend designed to save lives and prevent injury caused by Florida traffic accidents. These include the Click It or Ticket seat belt use campaign, Operation C.A.R.E. (Combined Accident Reduction Effort -- an initiative involving United States state police and highway patrol agencies), and Take Back Our Highways (also involving Alabama Highway Patrol).
Florida law enforcement and safety officials continue to strive to stop drunk drivers and other reckless or negligent drivers (including speeders and distracted drivers) in an effort to prevent South Florida car accident injuries and fatalities.
In fact, in recent years, DUI deaths on Florida roads have been on the decline (most recent stats show 875 deaths in 2008 compared to more than 1,000 in 2005). But as any experienced Miami Dade accident injury attorney who works with victims of Florida car and pedestrian accidents knows, the best form of prevention is for drivers not to get behind the wheel when alcohol has been consumed. In addition, speeding, talking on cell phones, and texting are all forms of dangerous driving which can lead to injury and death.
Chances for Miami Dade and other motorists to be involved in car accidents increases over long holiday weekends, as residents, visitors and vacationers flock to South Florida roads and highways to enjoy their extra day off.
Florida Highway Patrol Steps Up Enforcement This Weekend
Florida Highway Patrol News Release May 27, 2010
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