Big Rick - Some stats from the California Highway Patrol ---- More than 55 ,000 drivers were ticketed for handheld cell phone talking or texting during April’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month, according to the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The citations written by officers from 103 CHP local offices as well as nearly 230 local law enforcement agencies across the state dropped by 5 percent from the over 58,000 written in 2013. The April total is still much higher than the average month, when about 33,000 cell phone violation convictions are seen. The Office of Traffic Safety also announced that the percent age of drivers actively using cell phones at any one time across the state dropped to its lowest point since counting began in 2011. Those observed either manipulating or talking on a cell phone, handheld or hands free, dropped from 7.4 percent in 2013 t o 6.6 percent in 2014. more here ots.ca.gov/pdf/2014-Distracted-Driving-Ticket-and-Survey-Results.pdf
Posted on: Thu, 29 May 2014 01:00:01 +0000
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