The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is teaming up with Berks County police departments to urge those enjoying Super Bowl festivities or their guests to get home safely.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re heading out to a Super Bowl party and plan to drink alcohol, make sure you plan for a designated driver, said Sgt. David Bentz of the Exeter Township Police Department\u2019s traffic safety unit. Bentz is also the Berks County coordinator for the federally funded North Central Regional DUI Enforcement Program.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuper Bowl is a special night each year for our community to come together to celebrate, but we need responsible drivers on our roads,\u201d Bentz said in a release. \u201cIf you are planning to be away from home during Super Bowl LIX, make a game plan to ensure you don\u2019t find yourself without a designated driver if you need one.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you\u2019re hosting a party, make sure you take care of your designated drivers. Remind your friends and family: Fans don\u2019t let fans drive drunk.\u201d<\/p>\n
Drunken driving can have a range of consequences, including the possibility of causing a traumatic crash. These crashes could cause you, someone you love, or a total stranger to suffer serious injuries or even death, he said.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re hosting a Super Bowl party, prepare plenty of snacks and non-alcoholic drinks for your guests and the designated drivers. Ask your guests to designate their sober drivers in advance.<\/p>\n
Remind drinking guests that they have a long evening ahead of them, and encourage them to pace themselves, to eat food, and to drink plenty of water.<\/p>\n
Another important reminder: Never serve alcohol to minors. If an underage person drinks and drives, the person who provided the alcohol can be held liable for any damage, injury or death caused by the underage driver.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re planning to be a designated driver, Bentz said, know that you\u2019re the night\u2019s MVP. Commit to a sober evening \u2014 people are relying on you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is teaming up with Berks County police departments to urge those enjoying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,182,139,28,128,130,129,706],"class_list":["post-106147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-top-stories-reg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}