| SPONSOR/PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS – DECEMBER 2024 |
|  | Drive Safe HR is thrilled to share our successes with you. Your support plays a crucial role in our evolution, and we continue to look forward to working with you. Feel free to share this with your network and spread the word… We Wish You Festive Joy and Cheer. Thank you for your continued support and partnership. From Our Traffic Safety Family To YOURS…Happy Holidays! Buckle Up and Drive Safe! |
| | | November 27-28 – 757 Sober Ride for Blackout Wednesday, 8 pm until 3 am December 2 – Impaired Driving Prevention (IDP) volunteers pick up 757 Sober Ride stands/cards from VaABC December 6 – Volunteer Hours DUE for November December 7 – IDP providing 757 Sober Ride info at the Portsmouth Flea Market December 10 – IDP Committee Meeting, 10:00 am, Virtual December 11 – IDP volunteers drop off 757 Sober Ride stands/cards to VaABC December 11 – Materials DUE for CMV Driver Appreciation Day community event December 16 – Commercial Motor Carrier (CMV) Regional Check December 17 – CMV Driver Appreciation Day December 31 – 757 Sober Ride for New Year’s Eve, 10 pm until 4 am December 31 – Submission timeframe for Hanna Awards ends – DUE January 17 January 3 – IDP volunteers pick up 757 Sober Ride stands/cards from VaABC January 7 – Volunteer Hours DUE for December 2024 January 17 – Hanna Submissions DUE |
| | INTERESTED IN SERVING ON OUR BOARD? |
| In order for Drive Safe Hampton Roads to continue the business of traffic safety in Hampton Roads, we are looking for those interested in serving as a Board member. Accepting nominations now for June 2025-May 2027. To learn more, click below. |
| | | GET IT TOGETHER HIGH SCHOOL SEAT BELT CHALLENGE (GIT) |
| The Get It Together Challenge Kickoff was held on October 3. The Challenge officially started on October 7. Twenty-one schools are geared up to help their students Buckle Up! Schools include: Bayside High School, Bethel High School, Deep Creek High School, Denbigh High School, Hampton High School, I.C. Norcom High School, Indian River High School, Kecoughtan High School, Kellam High School, Kings Fork High School, Lakeland High School, Landstown High School, Manor High School, Maury High School, Menchville High School, Norview High School, Ocean Lakes High School, Salem High School, Tallwood High School, Warwick High School, Woodside High School. Materials are available HERE. Since 1995, Drive Safe Hampton Roads has positively influenced the traffic safety habits of over 885,000 students. The Christopher King Foundation, State Farm®, AAA Tidewater Virginia, and the Virginia DMV provide funding. Many thanks to State Farm agents: Jim Clark, Devon Mack (and his wife Kim), and Blair Todd; Christy King from the Christopher King Foundation; Holly Dalby, Ryan Adcock, Derek Devasia, and Deborah Houston from AAA Tidewater Virginia; as well as to Farmers Insurance agent Iris Nance. These are only a few of the folks who have stepped up to offer to volunteer their time for this year’s Challenge. GIT cannot succeed without the combined efforts of our Community Liaisons, Sponsors, and the DSHR Occupant Protection Team. |
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| | SHOUT OUT TO MERMAN’S COMEDY AND ILLUSION SHOWS |
| MerMan’s Comedy and Illusion Show folks recently handed out 757 Sober Ride cards at a couple of recent shows. In addition to handing these cards out, the staff took a few extra moments to educate the attendees on risky driving behaviors. THANK YOU! |
|  | | UPDATE: CHILD SAFETY SEAT ROUND-UP |
| Plans for the 2025 Old, Used, Borrowed and Abused Child Safety Seat Round-Up are underway. For over 36 years, Drive Safe Hampton Roads has joined forces with community partners to collect old, used and potentially unsafe child safety seats during the Child Safety Seat Round-Up program. This program also serves to educate parents and caregivers about the possible dangers of using car seats past the date recommended by the manufacturer, using secondhand seats, and seats with missing parts or no traceable recall information. According to the National Highway Safety Administration, of the 25,420 passenger vehicle occupants killed in 2022 in traffic crashes, 756 (3%) were children. Of these 756 child passenger vehicle occupants killed in traffic crashes, restraint use was known for 675, of whom 266 (39%) were unrestrained. An estimated 156,502 children were injured in traffic crashes. Drive Safe Hampton Roads thanks our longtime partners: Walmart, AAA Tidewater Virginia, Hoffman Beverage Co., Waste Management of Virginia, and the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters for helping us collect a cumulative total of 18,809 seats since 1998. We have an additional sponsor this year, Huffman & Huffman, Brothers-in Law. Huffman & Huffman stepped up to fund part of the Round-Up “Bounty”. THANK YOU! |
| | 757 SOBER RIDE CAMPAIGNS THROUGH THE END OF 2024 |
| Winter is upon us with cooler temperatures. Thanksgiving is next week with basketball season in full swing. Christmas is around the corner with snow expected before the New Year. Remember to drive carefully this Holiday season. Engaging in risky driving behaviors such as speeding, texting, driving while drowsy or distracted, or driving under the influence of legal, illegal drugs or alcohol significantly increases the risk of a collision. Remember to stay alert! Follow speed limits, keep your smartphone out of reach, and only drive when sober. Drunk-driving-related crashes spike during the Thanksgiving holiday season. From 2018 to 2022, 479 drivers were involved in fatal crashes on Thanksgiving Eve (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.), 143 were alcohol impaired (BAC of .08 or higher). In 2022 alone, 35 drivers were alcohol-impaired in fatal crashes on Thanksgiving Eve. Remember that Drive Safe Hampton Roads offers 757 Sober Ride, 🚙(FREE/reduced fare) powered by Lyft to get you home safely. According to NHTSA, the increasing threat of drivers combining both marijuana and alcohol leads to greater impairment and a greater risk of getting into a crash. The next campaigns are Blackout Wednesday and New Year’s Eve. There have been a total of 3,204 rides over 22 holidays. This is amazing! Supporters of 757 Sober Ride campaign include Huffman & Huffman Brothers-in-Law, the Christopher King Foundation, and the Virginia DMV. Their funding allows us to offer more safe rides home. THANK YOU!! |
|  |  | | JOHN T. HANNA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN TRAFFIC SAFETYBE SURE TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION |
| Many people and organizations throughout Hampton Roads are working to combat death and serious injury on our roadways. Each year, the community is invited to submit nominations to recognize outstanding traffic safety advocates – The JOHN T. HANNA Awards: Recognizing Traffic Safety Excellence in Hampton Roads. Eligibility Any individual, business, organization, or governmental agency in the Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore area, which promotes community traffic safety, i.e. sober driving, use of safety belts, bicycle or pedestrian safety, motorcycle safety, incident management, etc., is eligible for nomination. 2023 JOHN T. HANNA AWARD winners are not eligible for 2024 nomination. Rules (note date change for 2024 submissions) Eligible activities, programs or materials are those that were initiated, completed, published, or produced in the period from October 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024. Entries must be received no later than January 17, 2025. |
| | | | Since 1993, Drive Safe Hampton Roads has partnered with law enforcement and other organizations to hold the Commercial Motor Carrier Driver Appreciation Day. For this event, Drive Safe Hampton Roads and Hampton Roads’ law enforcement motor carrier teams, as well as state and community organizations, come together to distribute educational materials and packaged food items during this “alternate type” of roadway safety regulation stop. If you are interested in volunteering that morning or if your company wants to provide packaged food/drink items and/or educational materials to be placed in the 200 bags given out during this event, please reach out to us now. CLICK HERE. |
|  | | | Drive Safe HR now has a Wish List, located on Amazon. These are items not covered by grant items. Suggestions and purchases are welcomed. Check the list HERE. Interested in learning more? CLICK HERE |
| | VA ABC PARTNERSHIP CONTINUES FOR 757 SOBER RIDE |
| The Virginia ABC has granted our Christmas wish this year! This coming Spring, Drive Safe HR will partner with VaABC to distribute 757 Sober Ride materials into select package stores within Hampton Roads. The Impaired Driving Prevention Committee will need additional volunteers to assist with servicing the chosen stores. Volunteers will only need to provide a few hours of their time for each campaign. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO OR TO VOLUNTEER |
| | | Want to become a member? Click on the hands to join DSHR.The mission of Drive Safe Hampton Roads is to improve roadway safety and reduce death and injury from vehicle crashes using initiatives that include educational programs, information sharing, and partnerships with public and private sector organizations. |
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