South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety reminds people to make safe driving a priority during this holiday season.
Highway Patrol superintendent Col. Rick Miller says it’s easy to get distracted with everything that happens during this season, but if you want to make this time memorable for all the right reasons, you need to focus on your driving when you travel. He says please remember to slow down, pay attention, drive sober and wear a seat belt.
The Highway Patrol and other law enforcement agencies also are participating in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign that runs now through Jan. 1, 2022. The project focuses on keeping impaired drivers off roadways. In South Dakota, the campaign is sponsored by the Office of Highway Safety and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
This year’s 78-hour Christmas holiday reporting period for motor vehicle traffic crashes starts at 6pm today (Dec. 23, 2021) and ends at midnight Sunday (Dec. 26). Last year during the Christmas reporting period in South Dakota, there were 162 traffic crashes resulting in two deaths and 139 injuries.
Drivers are encouraged to check road conditions by calling 5-1-1 or clicking onto https://sd511.org/.
The Highway Patrol and Office of Highway Safety are agencies of the Department of Public Safety.
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