{"id":350506,"date":"2026-06-07T12:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350506\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T12:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T12:28:20","slug":"electronic-message-boards-placed-across-downtown-to-discourage-drunk-driving-transportation-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/350506\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Message Boards Placed Across Downtown to Discourage Drunk Driving | Transportation News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drunk and impaired driving is on the rise in San Jos\u00e9. In 2025, 22% of all traffic fatalities were DUI-related. And in only the first four months of 2026, close to 30% of all fatalities were DUI-related.<\/p>\n<p>Driving under the influence is dangerous and has the potential to change your life forever.<\/p>\n<p>To remind drivers of the dangers of driving under the influence, the Department of Transportation has installed electronic message boards across San Jos\u00e9. Most of these signs can be found on downtown streets and in parking garages. And others can be found on streets with repeated instances of fatalities. These signs display short messages in both English and Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>The City of San Jos\u00e9 has a goal of eliminating fatal and severe-injury traffic crashes. We need your help to meet this goal. Never drive under the influence \u2013 ride with a sober friend, take transit, or order a rideshare. To learn more about the City\u2019s Vision Zero program, visit our website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanjoseca.gov\/your-government\/departments-offices\/transportation\/safety\/vision-zero\" title=\"Learn more about our Vision Zero program\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">VisionZeroSJ.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/26783.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 60%; height: 60%;\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drunk and impaired driving is on the rise in San Jos\u00e9. In 2025, 22% of all traffic fatalities&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":350507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-350506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350506","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=350506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/350507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}