Virginia to ramp up sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols through Labor Day
The annual “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” public education and DUI enforcement campaign is currently under way and will run through the Labor Day holiday.
The annual “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” public education and DUI enforcement campaign is currently under way and will run through the Labor Day holiday.
Shenandoah National Park will participate in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over high-visibility enforcement period.
A Norfolk man was convicted of aggravated involuntary vehicular manslaughter on Monday in connection with a 2021 crash that killed his girlfriend.
According to federal data, 39 percent of all U.S. traffic fatalities on Christmas Day 2020 involved drunk drivers. Preventing as much of this as possible is a focus for Virginia State Police this holiday season.
Halloween is right around the corner, and it’s a time for drivers to be extra cautious on roadways as more children and parents are on the streets – often when it is dark.
According to the Justice Department, the most common reason for a citizen to come into contact with the police is being a driver in a traffic stop.

A plan to raise money to create a safe place for teens in Page County to hangout in a drug- and alcohol-free environment has earned members of a youth coalition a $500 grant from the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority.

It’s Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over season in Virginia, with the launch this week of a public education campaign on the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs.

On the Greenway down near the South River in Waynesboro by two poplar trees is a bench for visitors, runners and hikers to sit and rest.

You wouldn’t jump out of an airplane without buckling your parachute, so why would you drive a car without buckling your seat belt? That’s a question posed in a new video from the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
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