{"id":98132,"date":"2025-12-23T05:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/98132\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T05:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T05:16:10","slug":"law-enforcement-urges-holiday-travel-safety-as-millions-hit-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/98132\/","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement urges holiday travel safety as millions hit the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; As millions of Americans hit the road over the next few days to spend the holidays with family and friends, DPS is reminding drivers that getting there safely is just as important as the celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cAt the end of the day we want everybody to arrive safely back with their families or wherever they\u2019re going. We don\u2019t want anyone having to deal with losing a loved one,\u201d said Sergeant Adrian Briseno.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This year, <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.aaa.com\/2025\/12\/aaa-year-end-holiday-travel-forecast\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/newsroom.aaa.com\/2025\/12\/aaa-year-end-holiday-travel-forecast\/\">AAA<\/a> projects 122.4 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home through January 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">With that much traffic, DPS said the basics matter most: prepping your car, driving the speed limit, buckling up, and staying focused, even with warmer than usual West Texas weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">DPS said if drinking is part of the plan, don\u2019t drive. Call a ride share or have a designated driver, because one decision can change more than just your night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThink about who it\u2019s going to impact. People tend to go to parties, but make sure your actions aren\u2019t going to impact who you love or who loves you. They\u2019re expecting you to come home,\u201d Briseno said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">And as you\u2019re hopping out for gas or snacks, make sure no one can see your gifts in the backseat. You never know who\u2019s looking, and DPS said don\u2019t let your Christmas cheer make you an easy target.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThey want to be the Grinch,\u201d Briseno said. \u201cWe\u2019re not in Whoville or anything. Do what you can to protect yourself and your family.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; As millions of Americans hit the road over the next few days to spend&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[7748,6071,17857,319,251,168,170,169,6208,30837],"class_list":{"0":"post-98132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-dps","10":"tag-holiday-travel","11":"tag-kcbd","12":"tag-local-news","13":"tag-lubbock","14":"tag-lubbock-headlines","15":"tag-lubbock-news","16":"tag-travel","17":"tag-travel-safety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98132","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=98132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}