Geez is this the trend of driving thesedays? More tickets, safer cars, yet plenty of unwise decisions.
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During the holiday statistical counting period which began at 12:01 a.m. Friday (July 1) and ended midnight Monday (July 4), 13 people were killed in 11 traffic crashes. The fatal crashes occurred in the City of Portsmouth and the counties of Accomack, Albemarle, Alleghany, Campbell, Chesterfield, Fairfax, Henrico and Prince Edward. Both Alleghany and Henrico counties had two separate fatal crashes.
Of the 11 fatal crashes, at least four were alcohol-related. At least five of the crash victims were not wearing seat belts. The Albemarle County crash claimed the life of a Crozet man who was riding a motorcycle.
During the holiday weekend, Virginia State Police participated in the annual nationwide, state-sponsored traffic safety initiative Operation Combined Accident Reduction Effort, known as Operation C.A.R.E. State troopers stopped 10,462 speeders and another 2,805 reckless drivers during the four-day statistical counting period. State police also took 117 impaired drivers off Virginia's highways. Troopers cited 866 individuals for failing to buckle up and 343 adults for failing to having to have their children properly secured in a child safety restraint.
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If y'all were on the roads in VA, you probably noticed the speed enforcement. When I drove a 110km (70mi) stretch of US 360 from South Boston to Amelia, there were 6 speed traps, 3 for each direction. I don't expect any of y'all to know where that is, but seriously they ought to focus on the interstates where the bad drivers are and lay off the safer rural divided-highways
. I wonder what other state managed
over 14.000 citations in a 3-day period. (That's like, 202 an hour!)