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Wyckoff Police Post Results of Distracted Driving Campaign

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April 28,2018

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Wyckoff NJ, the Wyckoff Police Department recently completed the Distracted Driving Campaign and they were kind enough to post all the results for the time period.

Distracted driving is one of the fastest growing safety issues on the roads today. Distracted drivers aren’t just a threat to themselves: they’re a danger to everyone else on the road. The national distracted driving effort focuses on ways to change the behavior of drivers through legislation, enforcement, public awareness, and education.

An alarming trend is that traffic deaths in New Jersey have increased to 635 last year from a low of  542 in 2013.

From April 1st to April 21st the Wyckoff police department conducted a Distracted Driving Campaign. The Police established check points to make sure motorist were operating safely in Wyckoff  . 262 summons were issued by police.:

33 were for cell phones, 10 for careless driving ,9 for speeding , 8 for driving with a suspended license , 6 for failure to wear a seat belt , 5 for reckless driving , 5 criminal arrests , 4 DUI’s and 4 traffic warrant arrests.

These details are in place to make sure vehicles traveling in Wyckoff remains safe, drive carefully.