FHP Targeting I-10 This Weekend

September 27, 2014

The Florida Highway Patrol is conducting an intensified enforcement effort through Sunday on I-10 in an effort to bring awareness to the importance of seat belts and keeping the interstate safe and fatality-free.

The FHP will conduct special details on I-10 increasing awareness of  seat belt and car seat laws. In 2012, seat belts saved more than 12,000 lives nationwide.  In addition, troopers will be checking for distracted driving, aggressive driving, improper lane changes and commercial vehicle safety.

Florida law requires the use of seat belts by motor vehicle drivers, all passengers in the front seat, and all children under the age of 18 riding in a vehicle.

The FHP offers the following safety tips:

  • Buckle Up. A seatbelt is your vehicle’s most important safety feature.
  • Use a car seat for children age 3 and under for every trip, even if you are just going down the street.
  • Make sure all car and booster seats you use are crash-tested and federally approved.
  • Select a car seat based on your child’s age and size, and always follow the installation instructions from the manufacturer and in your vehicle manual.
  • Keep children in the back seat, at least through age 12. When used with seat belts, air bags work well to protect teenagers and adults. However, air bags can be very dangerous to children.
  • Soon-to-be parents should buy and install their infant car seat before the child is born.
  • Replace a car seat if the vehicle has been in a moderate to severe crash to ensure a continued high level of protection.
  • Effective January 1, 2015, a booster seat, a car seat, or an integrated child seat will be required for children who are 4 and 5 years of age.

FHP reminds motorists they can report an aggressive or impaired driver, or request roadside assistance at any time by dialing *FHP (*347) from their cell phone.

Comments

10 Responses to “FHP Targeting I-10 This Weekend”

  1. Not Fooled Either on September 29th, 2014 12:20 am

    @Not Fooled – Almost all the revenue from the citations goes to the county of municipality that the citation is written in. I assure you FHP is not doing it for revenue.

  2. Jcellops on September 28th, 2014 10:51 am

    Well, I learned something new.. According to this article, adults in the back seat are not required to buckle up…is that a misprint? Frankly, it doesn’t matter to me- EVERYONE in MY truck will wear a seatbelt!… Buckling up efforts also save taxpayers $$ by reducing disability payments, unemployment payments and uninsured catastrophic health care cost- just to name a few….as for “speeding” in a school zone, the only place I (and many others it seems) have problems with is on hwy 29, by theTate high school turn…Usually, I see the flashing light, slow my speed, but no one else seems to be slowing..isn’t that a school zone or do I have it wrong?..I don’t believe that my radar detector goes off there either , like it does on 97.

  3. More enforcement on September 28th, 2014 6:28 am

    I’m saying they may NEED to target people. Pensacola looks lawless at times when you get to a traffic light. There’s many cars that have no brake lights, missing bumpers, loudspeakers under the hood blaring obnoxious music, or those stupid “blacked-out” lights. I even saw a car at the store that had deployed airbags and they were still driving it. Stop people for all that too instead of just seatbelt and child seat awareness.

  4. Niknak50 on September 28th, 2014 6:17 am

    They will be checking for “distracted driving” aka texting while driving, made a secondary offense by our brilliant politicians. Already, texting while driving has become the no.1 cause of death on our nations roads. More so than speeding, and surpassing DUI as a leading cause of traffic fatalities. Not to mention the collateral damage in the billions of dollars.
    Yep, they will be “checking” for distracted driving, but not one driver will be ticketed for it, after all, it’s just a secondary offense.

  5. Sage 2 on September 27th, 2014 3:58 pm

    These troopers are just doing their job that we pay them to do. If an idiot thinks he/she is being targeted by law enforcement, then behave and drive safely and take a “chill pill.”

  6. Esc LEO on September 27th, 2014 12:27 pm

    As has been mentioned on here many times before, The agency sees very little, if any, revenue from a traffic citation. On the other hand, traffic crashes involving fatalities require large amounts of money, or in other words your tax dollars, to investigate. So you could also look at this enforcement as a way of saving you money.

  7. me on September 27th, 2014 11:52 am

    Thanks for the info!!! I will make sure and stay off I-10. Country back roads here I come.

  8. More enforcement on September 27th, 2014 9:20 am

    They need to enforce the other traffic laws. People drive worse here than they do in South Florida or Mobile. Police either break the laws themselves or look the other way. There’s 362 more days to enforce laws besides this weekend.

  9. Bob C on September 27th, 2014 8:17 am

    Know of a young woman, 25 years old, married 2 months ago, loved to fish and hunt with her husband and the family.
    She was late for work.
    She was speeding to try and make up time and lost control of her car.
    She was NOT wearing her seat belt and her spinal cord was severed mid-back.
    She will NEVER Walk again.
    Although in great spirits and with Wonderful Faith in God she is now forever restricted to her wheel chair for mobility.
    If these traffic stops can change one person’s attitude about wearing seat belts they are well worth the effort of FHP.
    Babies being allowed to walk around in moving cars is beyond stupid.

  10. Not Fooled on September 27th, 2014 7:39 am

    “intensified enforcement” “targeting”? sounds like FHP is going to be generating revenue under the guise of public safety.

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