A reminder from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety: if you’re planning a road trip between now and the end of the Labor Day Holiday weekend, State and local law enforcement officers in Georgia and four other southern States are out in force looking for impaired drivers. Sunday began the 35th annual Hands Across the Borders safety campaign in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee to take drunk and drugged drivers off the road at sobriety checkpoints. The mobilization began officially on Sunday with a press conference in Columbus, Georgia, and continues through Thursday with press conferences in Ringgold, Augusta, and Savannah, and will finish where it all started 35 years ago at the Georgia Interstate 95 Welcome Center in St. Mary’s on Thursday. State and local law enforcement in Georgia will continue conducting sobriety checkpoints the following week to send a message before the Labor Day Holiday travel weekend that Georgia maintains a zero-tolerance policy for drunk and drugged driving. Governor’s Office of Highway Safety joins Col. William Hitchens, Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety, in reminding everyone to have a sober, designated driver lined up when the plans include alcoholic beverages. It is against the law in Georgia to operate a motor vehicle with a Blood-Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level of .08 or higher. Georgia’s zero-tolerance policy for drunk and drugged driving means any driver whose BAC is at or above the legal…
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