Gov. DeSantis signs \u2018Trenton\u2019s Law\u2019 to increase penalties for repeat offenders convicted of DUI manslaughter<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cYou\u2019re going to jail. I\u2019m towing your car and every other charge I can put on you, I\u2019ll put on you,\u201d said the Camden County deputy when asked about his frustration with people who continue to drive while impaired, especially during the holiday travel season.<\/p>\n
In Duval County\u2019s arrest log, there were 19 DUI arrests during the Christmas travel holiday. Clay, Nassau, and Flagler Counties each had one DUI arrest. The one in Clay County involved a crash. The one in Flager involved 37-year-old Brandie Gambrell of Northeast Georgia. She was initially pulled over for driving the wrong direction down U.S. Highway 1 in Bunnell. Not only did she fail a field sobriety test, but deputies said when she blew into a breathalyzer, it revealed she was more than three times the legal limit to operate a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n
Law enforcement will often say a DUI arrest is the easiest to avoid by simply not driving while impaired, especially with the number of programs available that offer intoxicated people a free ride home during the Christmas and New Year\u2019s travel holidays.<\/p>\n
From now through 6:00 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, across select states, AAA is offering its Tow to Go services.<\/p>\n
\u2018Tow to Go\u2019 provides a free, confidential ride and tow for impaired drivers and their vehicles to a safe location within a 10-mile radius. The service is open to both AAA members and non-members. The program is designed as a last-resort safety net when other options, like a designated driver or rideshare, fall through.<\/p>\n
How \u2018Tow to Go\u2019 Works:<\/p>\n
Available:\u00a06 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2025, until 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 2, 2026<\/p>\n
Call:\u00a0(855) 2-TOW-2-GO<\/p>\n
Where:\u00a0Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, North Dakota, Nebraska, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Colorado (Denver), North Carolina (Charlotte), Indiana (Fort Wayne and South Bend)<\/p>\n
What:\u00a0A free\u00a0tow\u00a0and ride home within 10 miles for impaired drivers<\/p>\n
Who:\u00a0Available\u00a0to\u00a0both AAA members and non-members<\/p>\n
Note:\u00a0Service cannot be scheduled in advance and should only be used as a backup plan<\/p>\n
Why It Matters:<\/p>\n
Alcohol-impaired driving\u00a0is involved in\u00a0nearly\u00a0one-third of all U.S. traffic deaths<\/p>\n
In 2023 alone, over\u00a012,000\u00a0lives were lost in alcohol-related crashes\u00a0– that\u2019s\u00a0one every 42 minutes<\/p>\n
AAA\u2019s \u201cCrashes Hit Different\u201d campaign\u00a0reminds us that behind every crash statistic is a real person: a parent, a friend, or a neighbor whose life is forever changed.\u00a0These tragedies are preventable, and programs like\u00a0Tow\u00a0to\u00a0Go\u00a0are part of the solution<\/p>\n
The law office of Farah and Farah is also offering a free service this New Year\u2019s Holiday. It\u2019s called \u2018Safe Rides Home Program.\u2019 The program is designed to help keep the community safe from drunk drivers by providing thousands of free Uber and taxi rides home from New Year\u2019s Eve parties.<\/p>\n
Anyone interested in the Safe Rides Home Program can click here: https:\/\/farahandfarah.com\/NYE\/<\/a><\/p>\nCopyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX – All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAMDEN COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 During this year\u2019s Christmas travel holiday, which was from Christmas Eve to Sunday night,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[21392,3487,5695,1039,28,30,29,1853],"class_list":["post-99512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-camden-county","tag-clay-county","tag-dui","tag-duval-county","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-georgia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99512","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=99512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}