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Georgia State Patrol soldiers urge road safety over the weekend of July 4


Atlanta, Ga. (CBS46) – When drivers hit the road for the weekend, they’re not alone.

The Georgia State Patrol is on the force, ensuring drivers keep themselves and others safe.

“We will be looking for faster runners, texters and drivers, blind drivers, so slow down, put down your phones,” says GSP Sgt. Jeremy Hilley.

“Be careful, pay attention to other people on the roadway. It’s not just you out there, but there are other people, traveling families,” he said.

Hilley said 16 people were killed on Georgia’s roads over the long weekend of July 4 last year.

He urges people to plan ahead if their celebrations include drinking.

“In some cases, people prefer to put sleeping bags and pillows in their car and crash into their friend’s couch because of an accident there rather than on the interstate,” he said.

Hilley is the one who tells people their loved ones were killed in a drunken driving accident and hopes he doesn’t have to do it again.

“The first fatal accident I ever had was on Cinco de Mayo and it was a single car and it was a son and it just took my mom and she said, ‘I know I shouldn’t let it go. it drives.’ It was very difficult,” he said. “It was brutal. It’s one of those things that you don’t forget. You remember every minute detail of the accident and interactions with family members. I would say it gets easier over time to talk to people and tell them they lost a loved one in an accident but it doesn’t get easier.”

In addition to the available carpool services, AAA also offers a Tow To Go Program in the Atlanta metro on weekends. Drivers can call 855-2-TOW-2-GO and a tow truck will take them and their vehicle within ten miles of home or somewhere safe. It’s free and available to AAA members and non-members.



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