According to NHTSA (The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), they will be joining forces with law enforcement nationwide for the 2018 Labor Day Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign from August 17 through September 3, 2018.
The Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over enforcement campaign coincides with the 2018 Labor Day holiday weekend, which is a deadly time of year in terms of drunk-driving fatalities. In fact, during the 2016 Labor Day holiday, 36 percent of fatalities in traffic crashes involved a drunk driver
Need a safe ride home from this year’s Labor Day holiday celebration? Plan ahead: Download NHTSA’s SaferRide mobile app, available on Google Play for Android devices: (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nhtsa.SaferRide&hl=en), and Apple’s iTunes Store for iOS devices: (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/saferride/id950774008?mt=8). SaferRide allows users to call a taxi or a predetermined friend, and identifies the user’s location so he or she can be picked up. Remember to always Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.
For more information visit https://www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/get-materials/drunk-driving/drive-sober-or-get-pulled-over.
