Midland, Odesa and other cities in Texas’ Permian Basin are copying a program El Paso has been using for years to keep highways safer.
The Texas Department of Transportation, (TXDoT), has special crews throughout the lone star state that patrol highways looking for motorists in distress, clearing debris from roadways and helping police at accident sites among other things.
The H.E.R.O., (Highway Emergency Response Operator), program started operating in El Paso about 5 years ago and has helped an untold number of 915 drivers, including me. Now, it’s spreading across the state…