DCSO traffic enforcement blitz to focus on teen drivers

Deputies with the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office will be par­tic­i­pat­ing in a high vis­i­bil­ity enforce­ment oper­a­tion through the month of Sep­tem­ber. The traf­fic blitz will coin­cide with home­com­ing games and dances at sev­eral county high schools.

Fall is an excit­ing time for high school stu­dents, but it can be a dan­ger­ous time for new dri­vers. Young dri­vers, ages 15 to 20 years old, are espe­cially vul­ner­a­ble to death and injury on our road­ways. Traf­fic crashes remain the lead­ing cause of death for teenagers in Amer­ica; mile for mile, teenagers are involved in three times as many fatal crashes as all other dri­vers. Research shows inex­pe­ri­ence, speed, drink­ing and dri­ving, not wear­ing seat belts and dis­tracted dri­ving all con­tribute to the preva­lence of teen-related crashes.

“To encour­age safety, the Sheriff’s Office will increase the vis­i­bil­ity of patrols around home­com­ing events,” said Sher­iff Rus­sell Mar­tin. “Our deputies will be look­ing for aggres­sive dri­vers, speed­ing motorists and those who don’t wear their seat­belt. We want local teens to have a great time at home­com­ing, while mak­ing good deci­sions, using cau­tion and stay­ing safe.”

Grant fund­ing through the Ohio Depart­ment of Pub­lic Safety’s Office of Crim­i­nal Jus­tice Ser­vices will allow the Sheriff’s Office to have extra deputies on the road­ways dur­ing the month of Sep­tem­ber. Six of the county school dis­tricts hold home­com­ing events between Sep­tem­ber 28 and Octo­ber 14.

Posted by Gary Henery on Sep 21 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.