The O’Fallon Police Department kicked off a new driving safety program designed to address aggressive driving around the City. Focusing on major intersections along Highway K, Officers will be increasing their presence in order to decrease the number of accidents and deaths caused by aggressive driving.
By focusing efforts in concentrated waves, the Department hopes to achieve maximum citizen awareness while highlighting enforcement efforts to combat aggressive behaviors behind the wheel. Countermeasures include education, signage, increased numbers of officers assigned to traffic control, more frequent ticketing of traffic violations and higher fines.
“This is not about catching people as much as it is about raising awareness of the problem,” said Captain Jeffrey Gray. “We all know the drivers who just fly by you in traffic, don't use blinkers, change lanes abruptly, tailgate or run through a red light. We want to make people aware of these dangers.”
Red light and speeding details will consist of enforcement teams of marked and unmarked police vehicles targeting aggressive and unsafe drivers. Aggressive driving behaviors include exceeding the posted speed limit, following other motorists too closely, unsafe lane changes, improper signaling while changing lanes, and failure to obey traffic signals such as stop signs, yield signs and traffic lights.
An educational campaign also will be put into place, and high school programs will be created to inform students of the importance of safe driving habits.
Targeted intersections include Route K and Route N, Route K at Veteran’s Memorial, Route K at Technology Drive, Route K at Mexico Road, Route K and O’Fallon Road, and Route K at Waterford Crossing.
From the O'Fallon, MO Police Department.
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