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TEXTERS, BEWARE: Distracted-Driver Crackdown Starts Next Week TEXTERS, BEWARE: Distracted-Driver Crackdown Starts Next Week
Texters, Beware: Distracted-Driver Crackdown Starts Next Week With driver inattention contributing to crashes in New Jersey at a rate nine times higher than speeding, local police are amping up for another “UDrive. UText. UPay.” campaign. Beginning April 1, officers will target motorists who talk or text on hand-held cellphones while driving as part of a three-week crackdown aimed at reducing crashes. "This is clearly one of the most critical traffic safety issues that we face today," said Eric Heitmann, director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in 2016 alone, 3,450…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Guess How Many Tickets SoHackensack PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets SoHackensack PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown
Guess How Many Tickets SoHackensack PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown South Hackensack police may not have one of Bergen County’s biggest departments, but they pick off plenty of offenders passing through. Thanks primarily to the efforts of a 14-member patrol unit, township officers wrote 539 traffic summonses during last month’s annual three-week distracted driving campaign, Capt. Robert Kaiser said. They also made 13 arrests – including a suspect with a loaded 9mm handgun in the car, others carrying heroin and marijuana and several defendants who skipped court elsewhere, Kaiser said. With driver inattention contributing to crashes in New Jersey at a rate n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Guess How Many Tickets Fairview PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets Fairview PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown
Guess How Many Tickets Fairview PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown FAIRVIEW, N.J. – Forgive any Fairview police officer who suffers writer's cramp: The borough's finest wrote a staggering 694 tickets during last month's annual three-week distracted driving campaign, Police Chief Martin Kahn said. That comes to 33 a day -- a little over seven PER HOUR. Of those, the chief said, 409 went to motorists caught using handheld cellphones behind the wheel. There were also four DWI arrests, he said. "With Fairview being one of the most densely populated boroughs in Bergen County, traffic safety has to be one of our highest priorities," Kahn said. "…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown
Guess How Many Tickets Glen Rock PD Wrote In Distracted Driver Crackdown GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Last month’s annual distracted driver crackdown produced the results that Glen Rock police hoped for, along with some other benefits. Using stationary details and roving patrols, Glen Rock's finest wrote a whopping 376 tickets in three weeks (not a misprint), Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. During the same time period, officers also made five DWI arrests and issued 270 warnings, the chief said. With driver inattention contributing to crashes in New Jersey at a rate nine times higher than speed, the annual statewide “UDrive. UText. UPay.” Spring campaign has continued to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Here's An Advertisement: Distracted Driver Rams Fair Lawn Police Car Here's An Advertisement: Distracted Driver Rams Fair Lawn Police Car
Here's An Advertisement: Distracted Driver Rams Fair Lawn Police Car FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- National Distracted Driver Awareness Month couldn't have gotten better publicity: A motorist rammed his Jeep into a Fair Lawn police car after running a stop sign while using his cellphone for directions, authorities said. Officer Luis Vazquez emerged with a sore neck after his SUV was rammed by a 2017 Jeep Cherokee driven by Hani Chenouda, 41, of West Orange, at the corner of Willow Street and Kenneth Avenue, authorities said. Chenouda admitted "he was using his cellphone for directions, holding it in his right hand, when he went through the stop sign" on eastb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TEXTERS, BEWARE: NJ Police On Lookout For Distracted Drivers TEXTERS, BEWARE: NJ Police On Lookout For Distracted Drivers
Texters, Beware: NJ Police On Lookout For Distracted Drivers With driver inattention contributing to crashes in New Jersey at a rate nine times higher than speed, local police are amping up for another “UDrive. UText. UPay.” campaign. Beginning April 1, officers will target motorists who talk or text on hand-held cellphones while driving as part of a three-week crackdown aimed at reducing crashes. “Distracted driving is possibly the most serious safety issue on our roadways today,” said Gary Poedubicky, Acting Director of the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety. "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that in 20…

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by Jerry DeMarco