Sobriety Crackdown Begins in Virginia

Law enforcement agencies across Virginia are now stepping up sobriety enforcement campaigns, actively searching for and arresting impaired drivers through the holiday season.

If drivers are caught driving impaired, they will be arrested.

Virginia State Police noted in a statement on Facebook, “Nothing can be more devastating than on Christmas day having unwrapped presents, or an empty dinner chair, because a loved one is in jail, in the hospital or the worst case scenario knocking on someone’s door to make a death notification because of impaired driving.”

Once impaired, use mass transit, call a cab or ask a sober friend to get you home.

SoberRide offers free taxi rides to impaired persons (up to a $30 fare) through Jan. 1. The service is available from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. nightly. Call 1- 800-200-TAXI to arrange for a ride.