Missouri State Highway Patrol to start counting period for Labor Day Weekend
COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ)
Friday kicks off Labor Day weekend and the Missouri State Highway Patrol will have an increased trooper presence on roads and waters for their counting period.
Troopers on the roads will be enforcing Missouri’s speed limit, seat belt, and impaired driving laws, in addition to being available to assist motorists during their participation for Operation C.A.R.E. (Crash Awareness & Reduction Effort).
The 2022 counting period for the Labor Day holiday will run from Friday at 6 p.m. through 11:59 p.m. on Moday.
As residents get on the water or hit the road for a trip this weekend, Highway Patrol wants everyone to keep safety first. In Missouri over the 2021 Labor Day holiday, MSHP says 11 people died, and 458 were injured in 1,124 traffic crashes.
This equates to one person being killed or injured every 10 minutes.
On the water in 2021 over the Labor Day weekend, troopers say no one drowned; however there were nine boating crashes which included one death and four injuries according.
With more boats anticipated to be on the water, MSHP asks Missouri’s boaters to do their part by remaining alert and being respectful on the water. Troopers also say people should remember that smaller vessels should yield the right-of-way to larger vessels and boaters should avoid overloading their boat with too many passengers.
Last year, troopers arrested four people for BWI and 109 people for DWI during the 2021 holiday weekend.
AAA says people will also spend more money at the pump this year. The average price of regular unleaded fuel in Missouri is $3.43 a gallon, which AAA says is 58 cents more than this time last year.
