“Know When to Pass” at TJC Today
Posted/updated on: November 22, 2011 at 11:09 am
TYLER — The Texas Department of Transportation’s statewide “Know When to Pass” campaign is scheduled to be at Tyler Junior College’s Rogers Student Center faculty parking lot between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 22. The campaign is designed to increase awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving on “game day,” and to encourage fans to pass their keys to a sober driver if they plan to drink.
In 2010, TxDOT reported 25,045 DUI crashes in Texas and 1,392, or six percent, occurred on football game days when a Texas team was playing. Another report showed college home football games were associated with a 13-percent increase in arrests for drunk driving.
The campaign features a display truck and cardboard cutouts of football players holding their hands out for keys. Fans are encouraged to have their picture taken handing their keys to the football players. The best photos will be uploaded to the Facebook site, http://www.facebook.com/KnowWhenToPass. The campaign and the truck have been featured at football games in Austin, Lubbock, Bryan-College Station, Dallas, Houston and El Paso.
