BOSTON — With parties, bars, and restaurants ready to go for Super Bowl Weekend, police are reminding everyone who decided to drink to designate a driver.
Massachusetts State Police told Boston 25 they are increasing crews and checkpoints across state roads.
Boston 25 Security Analyst Dan Linskey called it one of the most dangerous weekends for drivers.
“Superbowl has a tradition of having a number of issues,” Linskey said Saturday. “[State police] are going to have a lot of traffic enforcement units, and they’re going to be looking for people who are driving inappropriately and find if they’re impaired or not.”
The former superintendent-in-chief of Boston Police also said OUI checkpoints will be more common this Sunday.
He added, “They’re going to stop traffic, slow down, present your ID, and they’re going to make an assessment or not if you need to go to secondary screening.”
Matthew Shedd, the former chairman of Massachusetts Mothers Against Drunk Driving, implored those drinking to make the smart decision.
“We don’t say don’t drink we say don’t drink and drive,” he said. “It sounds easy, but so many people don’t do it.”
Mothers Against Drunk Driving is a nationwide organization whose mission is to end impaired driving once and for all.
Shedd’s daughter, Hilary, was killed in a drunk driving crash in 1991 while driving down to Washington DC with friends.
Shedd says his daughter was in the back seat, lying down without a seatbelt on in the parked car on the side of the highway. A drunk driver, he said, slammed into the back of their car while they were checking their map.
He explained, “She became a missile. Her head hit the windshield, and she died six days later.”
Last week was the 34th anniversary of our passing, and the Shedd family is still mourning.
They’re imploring those who drink this weekend to stay off the roads – to avoid more preventable tragedies.
He finished, “It isn’t just one or two people that are involved. It’s many… You never know when that incident will happen that will cause you to do something you didn’t intend to do.”
Linskey also reminded drivers who didn’t drink to operate cautiously this Sunday, especially at night.
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