12/16/2025
🚔🎄 TODAY STARTS: HOLIDAY BOOZE IT & LOSE IT CAMPAIGN 🎄🚔
Today marks the start of the NC Governor's Highway Safety Program (NC GHSP) Holiday Booze It & Lose It Campaign, kicks off today, December 15, 2025 — a time when celebrations are high, traffic is heavy, and impaired driving becomes especially dangerous.
Here’s the not-so-fun part:
📊 Nationwide, nearly one-third of all traffic fatalities involve an impaired driver.
📊 During the holiday season, alcohol-related crashes spike — often late at night and on weekends.
📊 One bad decision behind the wheel can change lives forever.
Here’s the slightly fun (but serious) reminder:
🍷 Eggnog + keys = ❌
🍺 “I’m fine to drive” = ❌
🎅 Santa doesn’t bail you out of jail
During this campaign, extra patrols and increased enforcement will be out across Columbus County specifically looking for impaired drivers. If you choose to drive impaired, you should fully expect to lose your license, your money, and possibly your freedom.
🎁 HOLIDAY SAFETY TIPS 🎁
✔️ Plan a sober ride before the party starts
✔️ Use a designated driver or rideshare
✔️ Stay overnight if needed
✔️ See an impaired driver? Call it in — you could save a life
We want everyone to enjoy the holidays, make it home safely, and start the New Year on the right foot — not with flashing blue lights in the rearview mirror.
👉 Drive sober. Arrive alive. Booze It & Lose It.