The state patrol's Gordy Wright tells Georgia News Network Christmas isn't your average holiday for traffic enforcement officers.
Wright says there are last-minute shoppers but also people leaving and entering town for visits. He says law enforcement is also in the middle of a zero- tolerance period and officers are already watching closely for people drinking and driving.
But he says despite an increase in the volume of traffic, a Christmas weekend usually isn't as busy as your average Thanksgiving or New Year's, and fatalities tend to be fewer.
Wright says a big concern, though, is that when a holiday comes over a weekend there is usually an increase in the number of fatal accidents in which alcohol is a factor.
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