ED? YEAH, OFF AND ON. HEAVY TRAFFIC ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROUTE 30 WEDNESDAY NIGHT ABOUT THIS TIME. UM, IT WON’T BE SO NICE. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE A LOT MORE CONGESTED AND NOT A GOOD TIME TO LEAVE TOWN. I’D AVOID WEDNESDAY. OBVIOUSLY THAT’S WHEN EVERYBODY’S GOING TO HIT THE ROAD WEDNESDAY EVENING WHEN THE KIDS GET OUT OF SCHOOL, EVERYBODY GETS OUT OF WORK. IT IS THE BEGINNING OF OPERATION SAFE HOLIDAY, A PERIOD THAT RUNS THROUGH NEW YEAR’S. IT IS ALSO A TIME THAT IS MARRED BY TRAFFIC CRASHES, INJURIES AND DEATH. WE KNOW THAT THANKSGIVING IS A HUGE DRINKING HOLIDAY. BARBARA ZORTMAN WITH THE CENTER FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY HAS SEEN THE GRIM STATISTICS FROM LAST YEAR’S THANKSGIVING LANCASTER COUNTY REPORTED 52 ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES, 42 WITH INJURIES AND FIVE DEATHS. IT ALSO HAD EIGHT DRUG RELATED FATALITIES, AS YORK COUNTY HAD 37 ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES, 13 WITH INJURIES AND FOUR FATALITIES. IT ONLY HAD ONE DRUG RELATED DEATH. ZORTMAN SAYS DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT EXTRA POLICE ON THE ROAD. THERE WILL BE INCREASED ROVING DUI PATROLS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. NOW, WE WERE NOT TOLD WHERE THOSE ROVING PATROLS OR SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS ARE GOING TO BE. THE BEST ADVICE FOR EVERYONE
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Roving DUI patrols, sobriety checkpoints planned during holiday travel period
Updated: 7:54 PM EST Nov 20, 2023
Thanksgiving travelers should expect extra roving DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints throughout Pennsylvania.It’s the beginning of Operation Safe Holiday, a period that runs through New Year’s Day. It’s also a time that’s marred by traffic crashes.”We know Thanksgiving is a huge drinking holiday. It starts on Wednesday evening and it doesn’t stop pretty much until New Year’s Day,” said Barbara Zortman, Center For Traffic Safety Director. She reviewed the statewide crash statistics from last year’s holiday period from Nov. 23 to Jan. 2.Zortman said Lancaster County reported 52 alcohol-related crashes. Forty-two had injuries, and there were five deaths. There were eight drug-related fatalities.York County had 37 alcohol-related crashes. Thirteen had injuries, and there were four deaths. There was one drug-related fatality.”I want to say to everybody on the road, anybody who’s going to go celebrate, just celebrate responsibly,” Zortman said.
Thanksgiving travelers should expect extra roving DUI patrols and sobriety checkpoints throughout Pennsylvania.
It’s the beginning of Operation Safe Holiday, a period that runs through New Year’s Day. It’s also a time that’s marred by traffic crashes.
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“We know Thanksgiving is a huge drinking holiday. It starts on Wednesday evening and it doesn’t stop pretty much until New Year’s Day,” said Barbara Zortman, Center For Traffic Safety Director.
She reviewed the statewide crash statistics from last year’s holiday period from Nov. 23 to Jan. 2.
Zortman said Lancaster County reported 52 alcohol-related crashes. Forty-two had injuries, and there were five deaths. There were eight drug-related fatalities.
York County had 37 alcohol-related crashes. Thirteen had injuries, and there were four deaths. There was one drug-related fatality.
“I want to say to everybody on the road, anybody who’s going to go celebrate, just celebrate responsibly,” Zortman said.