(NDDOT) \u2013 Distracted driving is dangerous and often deadly. Law enforcement across the state will have extra patrols the month of September to enforce the law on distracted driving for the U Drive. U Text. U Pay. enforcement period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
151 citations were issued for distracted driving during April\u2019s enforcement period. Distracted driving takes on many forms; however, texting is one of the most common across the nation and is illegal in North Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In April, Vision Zero launched the story of Ramsey County Deputy Sheriff Bill Earl, who lost his son Joe, from a distracted driving crash. In the story, Deputy Earl stresses how much Joe\u2019s choice to drive distracted still affects his family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour family is more important than that text. Why would you want to put your friends and family through the torment of losing you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local law enforcement encourages all drivers to take personal responsibility behind the wheel, if not for you, for your friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDistracted driving includes taking your eyes off the road, or even your mind off driving,\u201d says Jamestown Chief of Police Scott Edinger<\/strong>. It\u2019s vital that drivers realize the dangers of distracted driving and take personal responsibility by putting electronics away.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This campaign is part of the Vision Zero strategy to eliminate motor vehicle crash fatalities and serious injuries on North Dakota roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visit the North Dakota Crash Memorial Wall to view memorials built on the hope of preventing another death on North Dakota roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (NDDOT) \u2013 Distracted driving is dangerous and often deadly. Law enforcement across the state will have extra patrols the month of September to enforce the law on distracted driving for the U Drive. U Text. U Pay. enforcement period. 151 citations were issued for distracted driving during April\u2019s enforcement period. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":97953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=255456"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255464,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255456\/revisions\/255464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/97953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=255456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=255456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=255456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}