Ga., S.C. regulation enforcement workforce as much as make Labor Day journey safer

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Aiken County is internet hosting a sobriety checkpoint level Wednesday night time.

For many, Labor Day goes hand-in-hand with the start of the faculty soccer season.

The vacation additionally means extra folks will likely be touring, signaling one of many deadliest weekends for touring.

As folks hit the highway this weekend, regulation enforcement in Georgia and South Carolina will likely be trying to maintain vacationers secure.

The checkpoint is a part of the annual Hands Across the Border Campaign, cracking down on impaired driving, and we all know one individual has already been arrested.

The marketing campaign began greater than 30 years in the past, and now, businesses from 5 states be a part of forces each Labor Day weekend.

“I don’t know that anybody that the actual public knows what it feels like to knock on someone’s door to tell a loved one that they’ve lost somebody in the crash. And I unfortunately had to do that way too many times,” mentioned Powell Harrelson, Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety regulation enforcement coordinator.

Three folks a day in South Carolina die due to unhealthy driving behaviors, mentioned David Jones, corporal, South Carolina Highway Patrol.

“If you could wear this uniform for one day and knock on the door of a loved one and give them the worst news of life, I promise you you wouldn’t drink and drive. I promise you, you’d buckle up, I promise you. You put the phone down and never distracted,” mentioned Jones.

In Richmond County, deputies say greater than 60% of visitors deaths are tied to impairment.

“A lot of times, it’s not the impaired driver who’s getting seriously injured, it’s other people. So we’re really trying to show the importance. We have zero tolerance for the DUI and impairment-related driving because you know, we get behind the wheel of the car, we want to go home to our loved ones,” mentioned Trevor Gordan, corporal and PIO, Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.

Aiken County’s aim is to have zero deaths in the course of the weekend.

Other recommendation from the governor’s workplace of freeway security is to permit further time to your journeys this weekend, and in case you are ingesting alcohol, be sure you have a chosen driver or one other sober journey residence.

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