DUI Public Service Announcement

 

 

 

Please use a designated driver if you drink this Saint Patrick's Day weekend!

#ArriveAlive

Special thank you to the Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum!


Arrive Alive - Antin Texting and Driving Video



What have you missed while texting and driving? As part of the Mount Pleasant Police Department's Arrive Alive: Beyond the Basics safe driving campaign, the MPPD presents this anti-texting and driving video showing how much you can miss while on the move walking or driving distracted. Put down the phone this holiday season and arrive alive.

Use a Designated Driver

Please do not drink and drive during your New Year Celebrations! It has consequences for others on the road as well. Watch this short 2 1/2 minute video to see how it changed Antonio Mason forever!

Use a designated driver if you drink this holiday season. The life you save may be your own!

Traffic Tip Tuesday: Impaired Driving

This week's Traffic Tip Tuesday deals with holiday impaired driving. Please use a designated driver while celebrating this holiday season!

Distracted Driving Statute

Here is the Distracted Driving statute that went into effect yesterday:

Section 56-5-3890. (A) For purposes of this section:
(1) ‘Hands-free wireless electronic communication device’ means an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, a personal digital assistant, a text-messaging device, or a computer, which allows a person to wirelessly communicate with another person without holding the device in either hand by utilizing an internal feature or function of the device, an attachment, or an additional device. A hands-free wireless electronic communication device may require the use of either hand to activate or deactivate an internal feature or function of the device.
(2) ‘Text-based communication’ means a communication using text-based information, including, but not limited to, a text message, an SMS message, an instant message, or an electronic mail message.
(3) ‘Wireless electronic communication device’ means an electronic device, including, but not limited to, a telephone, a personal digital assistant, a text-messaging device, or a computer, which allows a person to wirelessly communicate with another person.

(B) It is unlawful for a person to use a wireless electronic communication device to compose, send, or read a text-based communication while operating a motor vehicle on the public streets and highways of this State.

(C) This section does not apply to a person who is:
(1) lawfully parked or stopped;
(2) using a hands-free wireless electronic communication device;
(3) summoning emergency assistance;
(4) transmitting or receiving data as part of a digital dispatch system;
(5) a public safety official while in the performance of the person’s official duties; or
(6) using a global positioning system device or an internal global positioning system feature or function of a wireless electronic communication device for the purpose of navigation or obtaining related traffic and road condition information.