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Pasadena Police Department Working to Curb Distracted Driving

Published on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 | 12:35 pm
 

The Pasadena police officers will focus their efforts this Friday on drivers that are talking, texting, using an app or any other action on their phone that is not hands-free and violates California’s cell phone law.

“Using the phone should be the last thing a driver should be focused on,” Max Dahlstein, Traffic Lieutenant said. “That text, phone call, email, picture, video or social media post can wait. None of these things are worth risking your life, or the lives of others.”

There’s a fine to pay if you get caught.

First time offenders face a $162 fine, and at least $285 for a second offense.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 3,450 people were killed in 2016 due to distracted drivers.

A 2018 survey by Fresno State and the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) found nearly five percent of California drivers were using their phone illegally behind the wheel, either by talking on or using their phone without a hands-free device.

According to a press release by the Pasadena Police Department

the focus for drivers should be on the road. Other distractions include eating, grooming, talking to passengers, using GPS, adjusting the radio, taking off a jacket, or reaching for an object on the floor.

If you have an important phone call or need to reprogram your navigation system, pull over to a safe parking place. To resist the urge of using your phone, either silence it or put it somewhere you can’t reach.

Funding for this distracted driving enforcement operation is provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

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