Border to Border

Border to Border 2008

Celebrating twelve years as part of Virginia’s Smart, Safe & Sober Partnership to make our highways safe, law enforcement agencies from Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and North Carolina met at their state borders with Virginia law enforcement officers to check traffic prior to the Labor Day weekend. Seventeen locations were slated to check traffic for this project but some locations were canceled because of rain.

The focus of the checking details that were held Thursday, August 28th, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., was on seat belts, child restraints, equipment violations, speeding and driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Counties that were able to hold checkpoints at their border with their neighboring state were Lee, Pittsylvania, Grayson, Patrick, Buchanan, Wise, Accomack, Henry, Carroll and Chesapeake.

Locations unable to complete the project checkpoints were King George, Bland, Alleghany, Bath, Rockingham and Giles.

Officers trained to assist with the proper installation of child safety seats were available at most of the locations to assist parents or care providers with proper child safety seat installations. Commercial Motor Vehicle Enforcement Officers were also at many of the locations and checked large trucks for authority to operate, overweight and overall safety equipment violations.

Needless to say, with the rain lowering their numbers and checking locations at our borders around Virginia officers were still able to make contact with hundreds of drivers and their occupants during this project concerning highway safety issues prior to the upcoming holiday weekend. These officers, concerned with the high volume of traffic and preventable injuries and deaths during the Labor Day weekend came together with our bordering states police offices in this high profile manner to remind motorist to drive safe, smart and sober and obey the laws.

Reported information from the agencies participating indicates that 168 police officers from 39 different agencies from Virginia and our bordering states participated issuing 268 traffic violations and making one criminal arrest. Officers also issued 27 adult seat belt tickets and found 5 child safety seat violations.

The following summons and arrests were reported for this year's Border to Border:

• Officers participating: 168
• Agencies participating: 39
• Adult seat belt citations: 27
• Child safety seat violations: 5
• Traffic violation citations issued: 268
• Criminal arrests: 1

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