FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 3, 2025
CONTACT: ARRIALE TABSON
Mobile: 615-767-3242
Arriale.Tabson@tn.gov
TENNESSEE HIGHWAY SAFETY OFFICE REMINDS CITIZENS THAT “FANS DON’T LET FANS DRIVE DRUNK”
Guest Speaker Samantha Russell Advocates Against Drunk Driving with Personal Impact Story
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On Friday, February 7, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office and the Tennessee Highway Patrol, divisions of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security, are partnering with the Tennessee Titans, the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association, the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police, and Metro Nashville Police Department for a press event to remind citizens that “Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk,” ahead of Super Bowl weekend. This year’s event will feature Samantha Russell, formerly known as “Traffic Jam Sam” on Fox 17, to advocate against drunk driving and share her personal impact story. Russell was struck head-on by a drunk driver on New Year’s morning in 2016.
WHAT: "Fans Don't Let Fans Drive Drunk" Super Bowl Press Event
WHEN: Friday, February 7, 2025
10 a.m. CST
WHERE: Nissan Stadium
1 Titans Way
Nashville, TN 37213
Enter through Wesley Mortgage Club Entrance, Park in Lot H
SPEAKERS: Director Buddy Lewis, Tennessee Highway Safety Office
Lt. Colonel Jimmie Johnson, Tennessee Highway Patrol
Sheriff Shane Fisher, Tennessee Sheriffs' Association
Chief Mark Gibson, President, Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police
Deputy Chief Tommy Widener, Metro Nashville Police Department
Samantha Russell, Guest Speaker
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s mission is to serve, secure, and protect the people of Tennessee.
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The Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) is a division of the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security advocating for traffic safety. The THSO works in tandem with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to implement statewide programs addressing occupant protection, impaired driving, speed enforcement, pedestrian and bicycle safety, and crash data collection and analysis. Programs administered by the THSO are 100 percent federally funded. The THSO’s mission is to effectively develop, implement, and evaluate these programs. To learn more, please visit www.tntrafficsafety.org.