Virginia State Police On Extra Patrol…Focusing On safety On Roads This Labor Day

With most Virginians refraining from traditional vacations this year, Virginia State Police is urging those who are using the Labor Day weekend as a last chance for a getaway to do safely and responsibly. Road trips appear to be the main mode of vacation travel this summer and with Labor Day traffic fatalities on the rise for the past three years, motorists need to stay alert, stay sober and wear their seatbelts. State Police is one of one hundred law enforcement agencies conducting sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols through Labor Day.