MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The 34th annual “Hands Across the Border” campaign begins Monday, August 25 and runs through Friday, August 29.
State troopers and local law enforcement agencies in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee will conduct sobriety checkpoints near state lines to send a clear message: drunk and drugged driving will not be tolerated.
The campaign coincides with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement effort. Georgia officials say anyone caught with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 or higher will be arrested on the spot…