(Austin, Tx) – The Texas Department of Public Safety kick’s off its annual Christmas and New Year’s holiday traffic enforcement campaigns today.

DPS is reminding drivers to celebrate the holiday season responsibly.  DPS Director Steven McCraw said. “DPS Troopers will increase patrols over the holidays, as will many of our fellow law enforcement partners across the state, and we will be on the lookout for drivers not obeying the law and endangering others.”

As part of two Operation Holiday initiatives, DPS Troopers will be increasing enforcement beginning Wednesday through Saturday, as well as Dec. 31 through Jan. 1. Simultaneously, the nationwide Operation CARE (Crash Awareness and Reduction Effort) initiative will run from Dec. 23 through Jan. 3.