The “Belts & Jackets” Safety Tour sponsored by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety landed at Lake Oliver in Columbus Thursday morning.
With more than one million Georgians predicted to be on the road during the Memorial Day Holiday weekend, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS), Georgia State Patrol and local law enforcement officers remind everyone to begin every trip by clicking their seat belt. Troopers, sheriff’s deputies and police officers will be enforcing all traffic laws during the extended holiday weekend, including speeding, DUI, distracted driving, and failure to wear a seat belt.
Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Game Wardens ask everyone heading to their favorite lake, river, or other state waterway to click their life jacket and make sure all children are properly wearing their safety jackets every time they are on the water. Game Wardens will be patrolling Georgia lakes, rivers and waterways during the holiday weekend where they will be looking to take all impaired vessel operators off the water…