{"id":328769,"date":"2026-07-03T21:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328769\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T21:10:08","slug":"dont-drive-star-spangled-hammered-florida-highway-signs-get-patriotic-for-july-4-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/328769\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Don\u2019t drive star spangled hammered\u2019: Florida highway signs get patriotic for July 4 weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> (Florida Department of Transportation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The Florida Department of Transportation is taking a creative \u2014 and patriotic \u2014 approach to road safety this Fourth of July weekend, rolling out clever messages on traffic signals along major highways to encourage drivers to stay sober behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Signs posted across the state include messages like \u201cDon\u2019t drive star spangled hammered\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019re not a firework, don\u2019t drive lit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>4th of July highway safety sign (FDOT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The agency also took its message to social media, reminding drivers that safety is non-negotiable during the holiday.<\/p>\n<p>4th of July Highway safety sign (FDOT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">\u201cOur Founding Fathers would have wanted you to slow down. Drive safe this holiday weekend by obeying the posted speed limits and never getting behind the wheel under the influence of impairing substances,\u201d FDOT wrote in the post.<\/p>\n<p> (FDOT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The timing is significant. AAA projects 4.6 million Floridians will travel during the Independence Day holiday, making safe driving more important than ever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 kfUEDb copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Florida Department of Transportation) The Florida Department of Transportation is taking a creative \u2014 and patriotic \u2014 approach&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[73534,2345,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-328769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-4th-of-july","tag-fdot","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}