FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Get It Together Did It Again in Increasing Seat Belt Use! Nineteen local high schools successfully completed the seat belt use challenge. Hampton Roads, Va. (March 2023) - Drive Safe Hampton Roads (DSHR) recognized nineteen local high schools for their participation in the Get It Together Seat Belt Challenge. Thanks to students’…
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Roundabouts (Effect on older drivers)
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, Virginia USA, reprinted with permission. Older drivers are more likely than other drivers to be wary of roundabouts, but they also are particularly likely to benefit from them in terms of improved safety. Relative to other age groups, senior drivers are over-involved in crashes occurring at intersections. In 2019,…
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Designate a Sober Driver for March Celebrations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 14, 2023 Contact: Jessica Cowardin (804) 367-6834 jessica.cowardin@dmv.virginia.gov Designate a Sober Driver for March Celebrations Plan Ahead for Safe St. Patrick’s Day, NCAA Tournament RICHMOND - With St. Patrick’s Day and the start of the NCAA basketball tournament aligning this week, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) urges…
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Free 757 Sober LYFT Rides on St. Patrick’s Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Free 757 Sober LYFT Rides on St. Patrick's Day In Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg In 2021 in Hampton Roads, over 30% of vehicle fatalities were alcohol related.* Hampton Roads, Va. (March 1, 2023) – The hardest part of St. Patrick’s Day is the mourning after. Plan ahead for a sober ride before…
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