Club Working with Marion County Traffic Safety
Partnership to Reduce Accidents at "High Crash"
Intersections
Indianapolis, IN (Apr. 3,
2008) – AAA
Hoosier Motor Club is working in conjunction with the Marion
County Traffic Safety Partnership in an effort to reduce
accidents and injuries at “high crash” intersections around
the city of Indianapolis.
From now through mid-June,
Marion County law enforcement officers, including those from
the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, the
Speedway Police Department, the Lawrence Police Department,
the Beech Grove Police Department, the Cumberland Police
Department and the Indiana State Police Department, will
conduct special enforcement initiatives thanks to a grant
provided by the Governor’s Council on Impaired and Dangerous
Driving.
Officers will focus on a
variety of moving violations in these specifically-targeted
areas including speeding, following too closely,
disregarding automatic signals and the failure to signal
lane changes, in addition to other dangerous driving
behaviors.
“Far too often, we see
motorists on our roadways taking unnecessary chances and in
the process, endangering themselves as well as others,” said
Greg Seiter, public affairs manager for AAA Hoosier Motor
Club. “Our goals are simple. We need to educate the public
and at the same time, significantly reduce the number of
accidents that are taking place.”
For example, according to
the Marion County Traffic Safety Partnership, there were a
total of 1,788 Marion County collisions throughout 2006 in
which the primary contributing factor identified as probable
cause was the disregarding of a signal or roadway regulatory
sign.
“When people are in a hurry,
safety is often times the last thing on their mind,” Seiter
said. “But there’s absolutely no excuse for risk taking when
you’re behind the wheel of an automobile and lives are at
stake.”
The specific enforcement
schedule is as follows:
·
Apr. 16, 2008
- 38th St. and High School Rd.
·
Apr. 22, 2008
- 38th St. and Lafayette Rd.
·
Apr. 30, 2008
- Stop 11 and U.S. 31 S.
·
May 6, 2008 -
86th St. and Michigan Rd.
·
May 15, 2008 -
82nd St. and Allisonville Rd.
·
May 20, 2008 -
Stop 11 and U.S. 31 S.
·
May 28, 2008 -
38th St. and High School Rd.
·
June 3, 2008 -
Emerson Ave. and Thompson Rd.
·
June 13, 2008
- 71st St. and Michigan Rd.
·
June 16, 2008
- 38th St. and Lafayette Rd.
For additional information
on these law enforcement efforts or to plan ride-along
opportunities, please call Don Bickel, Marion County Traffic
Safety Partnership, at 317-327-5356.
AAA
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