Today(11/27/19) will be the busiest travel day of the year and the Ohio State Highway Patrol wants to make sure that everyone gets to their destination safely.
AAA Ohio is predicting that 2.3 million Ohioans will be traveling over this long holiday weekend, which is the highest number of travelers since 2005. Of that record amount, 89% will be doing it by road. Data from the Ohio State Highway Patrol says that crash fatalities are up statewide over last year. So troopers will be watching out for motorist that could be following too close or fail to yield at intersections to keep those numbers down this holiday.
“Your typical two-lane or four-lane roads, they become very congested. So patience and giving yourself some time is probably the biggest key,” says Lt. Tim Grigsby of the Lima post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. “If you can do that, that will alleviate 9 out of 10 problems you are going to come across.”
Wednesday(11/27/19) is also one of the biggest drinking days of the year, so if you are out and see a suspected impaired driver you are asked to call #677 to get hold of the State Highway Patrol.
