{"id":127699,"date":"2020-02-01T08:24:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-01T13:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=127699"},"modified":"2020-02-01T08:24:45","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T13:24:45","slug":"patrol-fans-dont-let-fans-drive-drunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/02\/01\/patrol-fans-dont-let-fans-drive-drunk\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrol: &#8216;Fans don&#8217;t let fans drive drunk&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Super Bowl Sunday is one of America\u2019s highest-profile and most entertaining sporting events. As friends and families gather to watch the game, the Ohio State Highway Patrol urges fans to refrain from driving while impaired. If you plan on consuming alcohol, don\u2019t drive. Plan ahead and designate a sober driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"121\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/osplogo.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2340\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To help keep the roads safe this Super Bowl Sunday, troopers will be cracking down on impaired drivers. Ohioans can also help others make good choices by reminding them that \u201cFans Don\u2019t Let Fans Drive Drunk\u201d. Those who host a Super Bowl party need to make sure guests have a safe and sober way home, and that they do not serve alcohol to anyone under 21 years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to always be a responsible sports fan,\u201d said Governor Mike DeWine. \u201cYou can help by influencing friends and family to make safe, responsible decisions &#8212; like planning ahead to designate a driver and insisting that everyone in the vehicle is buckled up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During last year\u2019s Super Bowl, the Patrol made 62 OVI arrests from 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday. During the 24-hour reporting period, there were six fatal crashes killing seven people. Of those, two crashes and three fatalities were OVI-related.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Patrol is committed to removing impaired drivers from our roadways,\u201d said Colonel Richard S. Fambro, Patrol superintendent. \u201cDesignate a sober driver and influence your friends and family to make the same choice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public is encouraged to use #677 to report impaired drivers and drug activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; Super Bowl Sunday is one of America\u2019s highest-profile and most entertaining sporting events. As friends and families gather to watch the game, the Ohio State Highway Patrol urges fans to refrain from driving while impaired. If you plan on consuming alcohol, don\u2019t drive. Plan ahead and designate a sober driver. To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 11:58:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127699\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}