{"id":326738,"date":"2026-05-21T21:11:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/326738\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T21:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:11:43","slug":"safety-advocates-share-dangers-of-impaired-driving-ahead-of-memorial-day-weekend-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/326738\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety advocates share dangers of impaired driving ahead of Memorial Day weekend travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Memorial Day weekend is one of the deadliest travel periods of the year with impaired driving playing a major role in the number of crashes seen on roads across the nation.<\/p>\n<p>As more drivers head out for the long weekend, safety advocates are reminding everyone to make smart decisions when behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Chris Hagan with Chain Cohn Clark Law Firm joined Eyewitness News Mornings to share what drivers need to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Memorial Day weekend is one of the deadliest travel periods of the year with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":326739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-326738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/326739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}