FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Drive Safe Hampton Roads Teams up With Community Traffic Safety Groups to Increase Seat Belt Use Among Teens Twenty area high schools met the challenge to increase seat belt use & decrease death & injury. WHO: Drive Safe Hampton Roads and their community partners. For more information: www.drivesafehr.org/git or call (757) 498-2562. Participating…
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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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