Tennessee’s state and local law enforcement officials, along with the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Organizations (GHSO), the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Organization (NHTSA), and the Governors’ Highway Safety Organization (GHSA) are planning events and increased police patrols as Tennessee joins the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign to prevent drunk driving from causing serious accidents this Labor Day holiday weekend.
Events in Tennessee kick off August 31, with an event at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park featuring law enforcement officers from three Tennessee counties. Extra police officers will be patrolling the roads in Chattanooga and other Tennessee areas throughout the long weekend, and officers will be setting up sobriety checkpoints to help them contact drivers and provide clues that can help police identify those drivers who may be too impaired to drive safely.
On September 2, the Tennessee GSO, the Tennessee Highway Patrol, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) are holding an event at the highway patrol’s training facility. The event will feature a demonstration checkpoint and give families the chance to learn more about the highway patrol’s increased enforcement and safety activities during the holiday weekend.
On average, 29 people are killed and over 1,400 are injured each day in drunk driving-related car accidents in the United States, according to the NHTSA. These numbers add up to 11,000 deaths per year—about the same number of people as the entire student body at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
If you have been injured in a car crash that involved a drunk or otherwise negligent driver, the experienced car accident attorneys in Chattanooga at Massey & Associates, P.C. can help you protect your legal rights and fight to hold all negligent parties accountable for their actions. To learn more, call our law offices today at (423) 396-0720 for a free consultation.
Gary Massey, Jr., is a well-known courtroom advocate practicing law in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Gary is a native of Tennessee who began practicing law in 1998. He graduated from Cumberland School of Law where he was ranked in the top 3% of his class and was an editor of the Cumberland Law Review.
