DRIVE SAFE * BOAT SAFE * BE SAFE THIS LABOR DAY....

Responsible driving and boating should be as much a holiday tradition as a family trip to the lake.. And just as safe! The heavily-traveled Labor Day holiday can be a dangerous time on our highways and waterways. So Drive Sober and Buckle-Up! Safety belts are still your best protection against an encounter with a drunk driver on the road, just as life jackets are your best protection while boating. Law enforcement agencies encourage Georgians who plan to party, to plan FIRST for a designated boater or designated driver

OPERATION ZERO TOLERANCE (OZT) is a statewide enforcement initiative to raise driver awareness to the deadly consequences of drunk driving. Impaired drivers cause one-out-of-five fatality crashes on Georgia highways each year. Drivers who violate Georgia’s DUI laws will go to jail! If you’re Over The Limit–you’re Under Arrest.

During “OZT” Georgia law enforcement agencies will conduct a wave of joint high-visibility sobriety checkpoints throughout the state from Friday, August 17, through Monday, September 3, 2007 to catch DUI-drivers and boaters to protect the public on our highways and waterways during the last holiday of the summer.

On August 17, the Governor's Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) along with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) joined together with law enforcement agencies and safety groups from across Georgia at Red Top Mountain State Park to kickoff the Labor Day OZT-BUI campaign. Below are some photos from the event. Special thanks goes out to everyone who made it out to Lake Allatoona to warn Georgians of the dangers of drinking and driving...on the road or in the water.....