DPS urges holiday safety

The Department of Public Safety will have all available troopers on Texas roadways during the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.

They’ll be looking for drivers who are drunk, for speeders and for those who are not wearing safety belts.

“Slow down and live,” said Col. Thomas A. Davis Jr., director of the Texas Dept. of Public Safety. “Speeding is the number one killer on Texas roadways.”

The Christmas enforcement period will run from Friday, Dec. 22 through midnight

on Monday, Dec. 25.

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Last year during the Christmas

holiday period, Highway Patrol troopers made 581 DWI arrests.

They also issued 13,951 speeding tickets and 2,886 tickets for seatbelt violations—including 365 citations for child safety seat violations.

The New Year’s enforcement period will run from Friday, Dec. 29 through midnight on Monday, Jan. 1.

Last year during the New Year’s holiday period, Highway Patrol troopers made 461 DWI arrests. They also issued 6,671 speeding tickets and 1,432 tickets for seatbelt violations—including 188 citations for child safety seat violations.)