{"id":992,"date":"2015-12-23T13:36:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T19:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/?p=992"},"modified":"2015-12-10T13:45:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T19:45:10","slug":"dps-video-only-one-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biculturalhealth.apacommnet.org\/?p=992","title":{"rendered":"DPS Video: Only One Choice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This holiday, make sure you are driving sober. For the safety of yourself and other people, it is recommended that you either stay sober or have a designated driver. It is important that safe driving is enforced, especially during the holidays as many people are going to different places.<\/p>\n

Students from Chanhassen High School and Chaska High School have an important message for parents during this holiday season. The video – \u201cOnly One Choice<\/a>\u201d -shows how parents can be a part of their kids\u2019 lives \u2014 now and for years to come. Of course, it applies to everyone so that\u00a0people are less likely to be harmed while driving on the roads.<\/p>\n

Extra Enforcement Now on Minnesota Roads <\/strong><\/p>\n

The extra DWI enforcement campaign<\/a> started November 25 and runs on weekends through January 2, 2016. The statewide enforcement involves police departments, sheriff\u2019s offices and the State Patrol. The percentage of drunk-driving related deaths compared with total traffic fatalities is significantly higher for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday periods than other major holidays (2010 \u2013 2014). During the first two weekends of the campaign, including the Thanksgiving holiday, law enforcement took 732 drunk drivers off Minnesota roads.<\/p>\n

To prevent drunk driving: <\/strong><\/p>\n