MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Officers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Dayton Police Department and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office are in the final day of this week’s traffic enforcement initiative.
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Extra patrols will take place from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. today on State Route 48.
Officers started their enforcement on Dec. 10 between 10 p.m. to 2 a.m.
They will be focusing on crash causing violations, such as reckless driving, impaired driving, distracted driving, failure to yield, speeding and jaywalking.
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In the past five years, officers said there have been 124 total pedestrian related accidents on SR 48 in Montgomery County. 10 of them have been fatal.
The goal of the enforcement efforts, officers said, is to increase awareness and gain compliance with Ohio’s criminal, traffic and pedestrian laws.
Officers want to remind pedestrians that they must use properly marked crosswalks and be on the look out for oncoming vehicles.
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