Vacation is over

A week on the Atlantic Coast of Florida was good for the body and soul. I even took a blog vacation!
We begin our three day Advanced DUI Prosecution course tomorrow for about 50 prosecutors. It looks very promising with outstanding speakers including our Chief Justice, Alcohol Treatment Court guru, David Wallace and former prosecutor John Bobo, Drs Ferslew and Davis and even former Tennessee Vol, Dane Bradshaw.
Sadly 9 people died on our roads over the weekend in Grainger (2), Maury, McNairy, Dyer, Hancock, Decatur, Lawrence and Scott Counties.
The one thing in common in these wrecks is that they all happened in rural counties. We have had 67 traffic fatalities in June. There were 43 in June last year.
The average age of the deceased was 44 years. One was on a motorcycle. Eight were drivers in single vehicle crashes who ran off the road or into a fixed object. The ninth was a driver in a 2 vehicle crash. Please keep these drivers and all 461 people who have died this year in Tennessee in your thoughts and prayers.
Please drive defensively as you trek to Nashville for our conference or anywhere else.