BIG COUNTRY, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will be stepping up enforcement over the Labor Day weekend in hopes of reducing crashes and deaths on Big Country roads.

Operation Crash Awareness Reduction Effort (CARE) is a campaign in which Texas Highway Patrol Troopers patrol for drivers who are speeding, intoxicated or violating other laws.

“Each year, too many lives are lost on Texas roads because of people’s poor decisions,” said Texas Highway Patrol Chief Bryan Rippee. “The decision to drink and drive, the decision not to move over or slow down for emergency vehicles stopped and working along the side of the road, the decision to drive way too fast. We all make decisions that can make our communities safer – and that’s why enforcement efforts like this

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