The Marshall County Sheriff’s Department will be joining forces with more than 200 other Indiana Law Enforcement agencies that will be cracking down on aggressive driving by increasing patrols during the month of March.
Authorities expect to see risky driving behaviors increase as the weather starts to improve. In order to keep the streets safe, local law enforcement officers will be on the look out for motorists who are putting themselves and others in danger with the way they drive.
These increased efforts are paid for with grant funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration which is distributed by the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI).
Young drivers, specifically young men, are apparently more likely to be engaging in unsafe driving behaviors before a crash.
According to the latest statistics that the ICJI publishes with the Indiana University Public Policy Institute, motor vehicle collisions are a leading cause of death for people 15 to 20-years-old in the United States. In 2017, the rate of young male drivers who were killed in crashes was three times higher than the rate among young female drivers.
Police say that some of the leading causes of crashes that lead to injury are failing to yield to the right of way, following too closely and performing unsafe lane movements.
Law enforcement officials add that other aggressive driving violations can include traveling at an unsafe speed, particularly when road conditions are affected by the weather, disregarding traffic signals and signs and improper passing, turning or lane usage.
