{"id":386192,"date":"2015-08-19T08:59:46","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T13:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=386192"},"modified":"2015-08-20T02:18:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T07:18:21","slug":"dps-to-enhance-patrols-for-labor-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=386192","title":{"rendered":"DPS to Enhance Patrols for Labor Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/08\/DPS-car1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/08\/DPS-car1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DPS-car\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-386205\" \/><\/a>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Texas Department of Public Safety announced that they&#8217;ll be increasing DWI patrols Aug. 21 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sept. 7, which will include the Labor Day holiday weekend. DPS troopers plan to  focus DWI patrols in high-risk locations at times when alcohol-related crashes are most frequent.  <\/p>\n<p>DPS offers the following tips for safe travel during the Labor Day holiday:<\/p>\n<p>Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t drink and drive. Designate a driver or take a cab. Eliminate distractions, including the usage of mobile devices. Buckle up everyone in the vehicle \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the law. Slow down \u00e2\u20ac\u201c especially in bad weather, construction areas and heavy traffic.  Slow down or move over for police, fire and EMS vehicles as well as tow trucks and TxDOT vehicles stopped on the side of the road with emergency lights activated \u00e2\u20ac\u201c it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the law. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t drive fatigued. Drive defensively, as holiday travel may present additional challenges. Make sure your vehicle is properly maintained before your trip begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The Texas Department of Public Safety announced that they&#8217;ll be increasing DWI patrols Aug. 21 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Sept. 7, which will include the Labor Day holiday weekend. DPS troopers plan to focus DWI patrols in high-risk locations at times when alcohol-related crashes are most frequent. DPS offers the following tips for safe travel during &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=386192\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DPS to Enhance Patrols for Labor Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":386205,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-386192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-22 10:17:50","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=386192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386206,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386192\/revisions\/386206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/386205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=386192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=386192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=386192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}