{"id":3475,"date":"2014-12-23T10:01:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T15:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2014-12-23T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T15:01:43","slug":"state-police-stay-safe-for-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=3475","title":{"rendered":"State Police: stay safe for holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/psp-267x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1005677\" alt=\"psp\" src=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/psp-267x300.jpg\" \/><\/a>Christmas\/New Years are heavily traveled holidays and the Pennsylvania State Police\u00a0want everyone to enjoy the holiday season. Pennsylvania State Troopers in Troop J\u00a0will be closely monitoring highway travel in Chester County over the holiday season\u00a0especially where analysis has shown higher incidents of serious injury and fatal crashes.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers will focus on serious traffic violations, such as driving under the influence, and\u00a0aggressive driving. Roving DUI patrols and special speed enforcement details will be\u00a0utilized. The official Christmas holiday enforcement period will begin Wednesday,\u00a0December 24th, and end Sunday, December 28th. The official New Year&#8217;s holiday\u00a0period will begin on Wednesday, December 31 , and end on Friday, January 2.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania State Police request motorists to:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Drive defensively, not aggressively. Don&#8217;t speed, tailgate or engage in other\u00a0dangerous driving behaviors.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u00a0Make sure everyone in your vehicle is properly restrained, including all children\u00a0and backseat passengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Avoid driving, even for a short distance, if you&#8217;ve been drinking.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Give yourself plenty of time to get to your destination.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Avoid texting while operating a motor vehicle for it is illegal in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>The Pennsylvania State Police also wish to remind parents that anyone who transports a\u00a0child under four years of age anywhere in the motor vehicle must fasten the child\u00a0securely in an approved child safety seat. Children four years of age or older but under\u00a0eight years of age must be secured with both the vehicle&#8217;s safety seat belt system and an\u00a0appropriately fitting child booster seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas\/New Years are heavily traveled holidays and the Pennsylvania State Police\u00a0want everyone to enjoy the holiday season. Pennsylvania State Troopers in Troop J\u00a0will be closely monitoring highway travel in Chester County over the holiday season\u00a0especially where analysis has shown higher incidents of serious injury and fatal crashes. Troopers will focus on serious traffic violations, such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[2452,306,603,1601],"class_list":["post-3475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-driving","tag-holidays","tag-safety","tag-state-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}