Officers prepare for heavy holiday travel with high-visibility patrols – WSB-TV Channel 2

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Because the Christmas and New 12 months’s holidays strategy, drivers can count on to see excessive visibility patrols from regulation enforcement on the heaviest journey days to remind motorists to journey safely.

Georgia State Patrol troopers and Motor Provider Compliance officers throughout the state are making ready for these patrols for the back-to-back vacation weekends.

This 12 months’s Christmas vacation journey interval begins Friday, Dec. 23, at 6 p.m. and ends Monday, Dec. 26, at 11:59 p.m.

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The New 12 months’s vacation journey interval begins Friday, Dec. 30, at 6 p.m. and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.

“We would like everybody to benefit from the vacation season with household and pals; nevertheless, we would like all motorists to make security a precedence when touring on Georgia’s roadways,” mentioned Col. Chris. C. Wright, commissioner of the Georgia Division of Public Security. “Drivers ought to obey the posted pace restrict, keep away from distractions, drive sober, put on seatbelts and guarantee kids are correctly restrained, in addition to be courteous to different drivers,” added Wright.

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AAA estimates 112.7 million individuals will journey 50 miles or extra away from residence throughout that point.

Along with elevated visitors, regulation enforcement officers say the top of the 12 months can also be after they see a rise within the variety of impaired drivers on the street.

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