file photo by Boyd Loving
By Jen Ursillo May 21, 2017 8:00 PM
For two weeks, starting Monday and ending June 4, law enforcement agencies across New Jersey will be out and about pulling over drivers who aren’t wearing seat belts.
Gary Poedubicky, acting director of the state Division of Highway Traffic Safety, says 375 police agencies, including the State Police, are expected to take part in the campaign. In May 2016, 387 agencies participated.
“We’re trying to encourage motorists and passengers to buckle up,” he said. “Seat belts save thousands of lives every year but far too many motorists are still not buckling up. In our opinion, buckling is not an option. It’s a difference between life and death in a crash.”
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Gigantic waste of resources. They should instead target those driving with a phone in one hand talking/texting.
The seat belt avoiders are only putting themselves at risk. The cell phone mob is putting others at risk. I would think the latter is of greater concern than the former.
so true. how are they every going to make up that kind of funds.
ok, then the cops need to put down the cell phones to. if we can see them behind the window tint.
and what’s that all about.
Police are exempt Here is why they are exempt:
Police often use cellphones for work, freeing up radio airtime while they make calls related to police business. Sometimes they need confidential information that they don’t want to be picked up by anyone listening to a police scanner.
Other times they are calling people who have called police. And cellphones are a handy tool when calling another police agency that does not share the same radio channel.
But why can’t they make those calls on hands-free devices? Here’s one reason: Many officers wear an earpiece for their portable radio in one ear, and background noise from police radios, scanners and sirens can make hearing difficult. Fitting a Bluetooth headset over an existing earpiece is not practical, police say.