In an effort to crack down on texting while driving and help spread awareness that police are always looking for infractions, Eagan police took to a specialized bus to catch distracted drivers last week. Their efforts proved fruitful, as more than 150 drivers were cited for distracted driving over a five-hour period last Wednesday. For […]
Distracted Driving Crackdown Begins Today
If you’re headed to the National Championship game tonight or you’re just planning on doing a lot of driving in Minnesota over the next few weeks, be sure that you put the distractions away and keep your eyes on the road, because police will be out in full force looking for distracted drivers. Distracted drivers […]
Distracted Driving Crackdown Begins Monday
More than 300 law enforcement agencies throughout Minnesota will be conducting extra distracted driving patrols beginning Monday, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety announced in a press release. The extra enforcement period will run from April 9 through April 22 and will be conducted all throughout the state, from the Twin Cities to Duluth and […]
More Than 1,000 Drivers Ticketed During Distracted Driving Crackdown
If you follow our blog at all, odds are you were aware of the recent distracted driving crackdown that took place during a two-week stretch in April. Hopefully you listened to our warning and were able to avoid a citation, but the recently released statistics show that a number of drivers were caught during the […]
Distracted Driving – Just How Risky Is It?
We just finished a distracted driving crackdown here in Minnesota, and while the total citation numbers have not yet been released, the goal of the enforcement was to open people’s eyes up to the dangers of distracted driving. You might think that driving doesn’t require your full attention, but that’s just simply not true. Even […]
