Buckle Up and Drive Safe...Or Else!
Ace Acevedo sez be safe this weekend
By Jordan Smith, 4:18PM, Fri. May 23, 2008
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As they say, if you can't take the heat, get outta the kitchen. Or, as the case may be, stay off the road. That's the message Austin Police Dept. Chief Art Acevedo offered during a mid-day press conference Thursday at Lady Bird Lake, where he announced the department's "Summer Heat 2008" campaign to keep Austin's roads safe – and fatality free.
Joined by members of the department's Motors Unit, Acevedo told reporters that officers would be out in force, beginning this Memorial Day weekend, ticketing Austin's crappy drivers. Acevedo was flanked by newly graduated police cadets, each of whom had pinned to their uniform shirt the date of a summer 2007 traffic fatality. In all, 17 people died on Austin roadways between Memorial Day and Labor Day 2007.
In sum, have fun but stay safe – please, drive smart and be civil.
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