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It's the last holiday weekend of the summer and that means more drinking and driving than usual. Last year Labor Day, 40 people died on California freeways--half of those killed were not wearing a seat belt, according to the California Highway Patrol. That said, the agency will begin a Maximum Enforcement Period statewide at 6:01 p.m. through midnight on Monday, meaning every available officer will be on the road keeping a vigilant eye out for errant drivers, mainly for violators of the three major causes of highway deaths: speeding, drinking and driving and not wearing a seat belt.
Stay Safe: CHP Out in Full Force this Holiday Weekend
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Watch your behinds folks.
Seriously BD... from the cops and the idiots that decide to actually get out there and drive drunk.
Hopefully they'll ticket drivers talking on the cell too. It's totally illegal, yet I still see everyone doing it all day long. Just as bad as drunk-driving.
Oh, and Zach, you forgot the third cause of highway deaths. You only listed "speeding" and "drinking and driving"...
The third cause of death was not wearing seat belts. At least that's what the Department's press release says on their website. So I think Zach meant to say, "The two major causes..."