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Annual Click It or Ticket Campaign in Place to Increase Virginia Seat Belt Use Rate (2023)

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 22, 2023 Contact: Jessica Cowardin (804) 367-6834 jessica.cowardin@dmv.virginia.gov Annual Click It or Ticket Campaign in Place to Increase Virginia Seat Belt Use Rate Enforcement and Awareness Continue to be the Focus Throughout the Holiday Weekend RICHMOND — The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) and AAA Mid-Atlantic joins Virginia’s first…
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MEDIA INVITE – Get it Together High School Seat Belt Challenge

 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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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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