NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – With speeding continuing to be the leading cause of traffic crashes in Texas, the Texas Department of Transportation is bringing its latest safety campaign to New Braunfels this week to remind drivers to slow down and save lives.<\/p>\n
TxDOT’s “Be Safe. Drive Smart.” campaign will make a stop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Buc-ee’s parking lot off North Interstate 35 Frontage Road near the Town Center at Creekside in New Braunfels.<\/p>\n
The event will feature an interactive exhibit designed to show drivers the dangers of speeding and encourage them to obey posted speed limits and adjust their speed based on weather, traffic and road conditions.<\/p>\n
According to TxDOT, speeding was the top contributing factor in traffic crashes across Texas in 2025.<\/p>\n
State data shows there were more than 150,000 speed-related crashes last year, resulting in 1,247 deaths and 5,652 serious injuries.<\/p>\n
Transportation officials say speeding reduces a driver’s reaction time, increases the distance needed to stop and makes crashes more likely to result in severe injuries or fatalities.<\/p>\n
The campaign is part of TxDOT’s ongoing effort to reduce speed-related crashes and encourage safer driving habits across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – With speeding continuing to be the leading cause of traffic crashes in Texas, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-379842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}