State police in Pennsylvania will be joining with law enforcement from Maine to Florida this Saturday for a massive safe driving effort.
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The highway patrol units in 15 states across the East Coast will “will conduct traffic initiatives along the 1,920 miles of I-95 and other targeted roadways to keep motorists safe and reduce fatalities,” a press release about the initiatives said. The enforcement initiative will focus on aggressive driving, distracted driving, speeders, seatbelt use, pedestrian and motorcycle safety, as well as commercial vehicle safety and enforcement.
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“The Drive to Save Lives campaign is a united effort by state police and highway patrol leaders, to reduce highway fatalities by 15 percent in 2014. More than 33,000 deaths occur each year on our nation’s roadways. Highway fatalities rank as one of the top 12 causes of death in the United States and it is the leading cause of death among teens,” said Colonel Nathaniel McQueen Jr., superintendent of the Delaware State Police, which is the agency heading up the Drive to Save Lives on I-95 traffic initiative.
Delaware State Police Sgt. Paul G. Shavack said that “providing public awareness to the dangers and risks of the leading contributing factors which cause fatalities, along with targeted enforcement efforts with the primary goal of reducing these tragedies.”
The enforcement effort is part of a nationwide campaign by the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
