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As we approach 2019, many of us will set new goals, like eating better or exercising more.

For 2019 and every year after that, the California Office of Traffic Safety wants the public to make roadway safety their permanent New Year’s resolution.

Part of that is exercising strong roadway habits, like not using the phone or participating in any activity while driving that is distracting, not driving after drinking or using drugs that are known to impair and making yourself visible when walking or biking.

“We want Californians to commit to a safer 2019 and beyond,” OTS Director Rhonda Craft said. “We are all in this world together and we should be looking out for one another. One way to do that is to go safely.”

This holiday season is a busy one on roadways, with AAA estimating that more than one in three Americans will be traveling between Dec. 22, 2018 and Jan. 1, 2019, with 12.5 million Californians going by car.

Many people will be hosting or attending New Year’s Eve parties where alcohol may be consumed, which is why it is important to plan ahead and choose a sober way to go.

The OTS offers a few tips to make sure everyone has a safe and happy new year:

• Hosting a party? Offer nonalcoholic drinks. Monitor who is drinking and ask how they are getting home.

• If you plan to drink, choose a sober way to get home. Use ride-share, a designated sober driver or take a cab.

• If someone who is clearly impaired tries to leave, offer to get them a sober ride home or have them stay the night.

To discourage impaired driving and encourage safe ways to get home, the OTS has partnered with the Governors Highway Safety Association and Lyft to offer $10 Lyft credits in the San Francisco and Sacramento coverage areas from now through Jan. 1, 2019.

Credit codes, availability and restrictions are outlined in the Lyft app and on the “Go Safely, California” Facebook and Twitter pages.

“Go Safely, California” is the OTS’ new public awareness and education campaign aimed at helping Californians get where they need to go safely.

To learn more about being safe on the go, visit www.gosafelyca.org.
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An intimate portrait of a man harvesting merlot winegrapes in the Napa Valley earned the Grand Prize in the 37th annual California Farm Bureau Federation photo contest.

The photographer, Andrew Lincoln of Napa, received $1,000 in prize money. He said he especially enjoys taking pictures of harvest and hopes his photos draw attention to the important work people do on California farms and ranches. Lincoln also won the contest’s Grand Prize in 2016.

This year’s CFBF Photo Contest attracted hundreds of entries from amateur photographers who are members of county Farm Bureaus or supporters of the California Bountiful Foundation.

Andrea Traphagan of Ravendale garnered First Place and $500 for a photo of her tractor-driving husband preparing a Lassen County field at sunset. Second Place and $250 went to Angels Camp resident Mindy Rasmussen for her action shot of a late-summer cattle drive. Lincoln also earned Third Place and an additional $100 for a photo that captured two snowy egrets in flight.

Six photos earned Honorable Mentions and $50 each, submitted by Celeste Alonzo of La Quinta, Chelsea Davis of Fresno, James Durst of Esparto, Nicole Andreini of Orland, Wendy Sylvester of San Luis Obispo and Traphagan.

In the Budding Artists category for photographers ages 13 and younger, 10-year-old Dottie Davis of Orland claimed First Place and $250 for a serene landscape of her family’s hay farm. A curious goat peered closely into the lens of Kyle Radich’s camera to earn the 13-year-old Point Arena resident the Second Place prize of $100. Both awards were presented by the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom.

All 12 prize-winning photos were published this week in the California Farm Bureau newspaper, Ag Alert®, and will appear in the organization’s bimonthly magazine, California Bountiful.

The winning photographs may be viewed at www.cfbf.com/photocontest, and will also be posted on the Ag Alert and California Bountiful Web sites.

The California Farm Bureau Federation works to protect family farms and ranches on behalf of nearly 36,000 members statewide and as part of a nationwide network of more than 5.5 million Farm Bureau members.
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California Highway Patrol Commissioner Warren Stanley, mounted second from left, and his deputy and assistant commissioners take a practice ride with the Mounted Patrol Unit at the Hangtown Christmas Parade in Placerville, Calif., in December 2018. Photo courtesy of the California Highway Patrol.

SACRAMENTO – California Highway Patrol Commissioner Warren Stanley will grab the reins and ride with Deputy Commissioner Scott Silsbee, Assistant Commissioner Nick Norton and the CHP’s Mounted Patrol Unit for the 130th Rose Parade on Jan. 1.

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