The Tennessee Highway Patrol on Friday unveiled a creative new paint-scheme for its cruisers that carries an important message.
The new DUI Trooper Taxis will serve as rolling billboards during Labor Day Weekend as law enforcement works to crack down on drunken driving, according to WTVF.
Labor Day fatalities decreased from 13 in 2013 to 12 last year, but officials want to see those numbers go even lower.
"We are on record pace to have the lowest fatalities in this state of Tennessee since 1962, and that is something we’re not happy with. We want that to be lowest record in history," Lieutenant Bill Miller said during a news conference.
The two new units were not designed to actually give people a sober ride home, but to send drivers a strong message: pay up to $50 and call a cab or pay up to $1,500 in fines and spend up to 48 hours in jail.
