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Now Available: Holiday Impaired Driving Prevention Material

11/05/2024

Talking with youth about safe driving is particularly important around the holidays, when there are gatherings with family and friends that may involve alcohol.

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is sharing themed materials, many available in English and Spanish, encouraging people not to get behind the wheel while impaired by alcohol or drugs and reminding drivers and passengers to buckle up. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s, NHTSA emphasizes traffic safety communication efforts through the following taglines:

Buzzed Driving Is Drunk Driving.
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.
If You Feel Different, You Drive Different. Drive High, Get a DUI.
Buckle Up. Every Trip. Every Time.
Click It or Ticket.

Seasonal campaigns include messages such as:

“Have a fine Thanksgiving and not a Thanksgiving fine.”
“You’ll be thankful for a sober ride home.”
“Keep your spirits up and your driving sober.”
“If you enjoy the holiday greenery, find a sober ride.”

Download materials for use in your own prevention efforts at https://www.trafficsafetymarketing.gov/#10631.