The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is stepping up enforcement efforts for Labor Day weekend. Operation Crash Awareness Reduction Effort (CARE) runs from Aug. 29-Sept. 1 and is a specialized campaign in which Texas Highway Patrol Troopers patrol for drivers who are speeding, intoxicated, not complying with Texas’
Move Over, Slow Down
law or violating other laws. The goal is to reduce the number of traffic crashes and deaths on Texas roads.
The effort ties into DPS’ recently launched
90 Days of Safety campaign
, which marks the department’s 90th Anniversary. The three-month safety initiative focuses on how Texans can work alongside law enforcement to do their part to keep communities, roads and families safe.
“Each year, too many lives are lost on Texas roads because of peopl