Police motors combat distracted driving Presented by Motor Officer Will Stoy Meridian Police Dept., Meridian, Idaho

What is inattentive driving to police officers? Well, it depends https://idahonews.com/news/local/a-look-at-what-inattentive- driving-is

WHY IS DISTRACTED DRIVING SO DANGEROUS? Participant exercise Grab your phones

Some simple math 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 ∗1.466=𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 40 𝑀𝑃𝐻 = 58 𝐹𝑃𝑆 40 𝑀𝑃𝐻 = 58 𝐹𝑃𝑆 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 ∗58 𝑓𝑝𝑠= 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔

WHAT IS INATTENTIVE DRIVING? EATING DOING MAKEUP SHAVING CURLING YOUR HAIR USING YOUR CELL PHONE / ELECTRONIC DEVICE READING A BOOK SURFING THE INTERNET FACEBOOK AND ON, AND ON, AND ON……

Idaho’s inattentive driving law 49-1401 (3)  Inattentive driving shall be considered a lesser offense than reckless driving and shall be applicable in those circumstances where the conduct of the operator has been inattentive, careless or imprudent, in light of the circumstances then existing, rather than heedless or wanton, or in those cases where the danger to persons or property by the motor vehicle operator’s conduct is slight. Every person convicted of inattentive driving under this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may be sentenced to jail for not more than ninety (90) days or may be fined not more than three hundred dollars ($300), or may be punished by both fine and imprisonment.

Idaho’s texting law 49-1401A.  TEXTING WHILE DRIVING. (1)  As used in this section, "texting" means engaging in the review of, or manual preparation and transmission of, written communications via handheld wireless devices. This definition does not include voice-operated or hands free devices that allow the user to review, prepare and transmit a text message without the use of either hand except to activate, deactivate or initiate a feature or function.

Why and how is this enforced? Kassy Kerfoot DIED texting and driving 2010 Taylor Sauer died Facebooking and driving—2012 "I can't discuss this now. Driving and Facebooking is not safe! Haha.“ THE NEW DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE!

CRASHES LAST 4 YEARS--6,064 DUI RELATED CRASHES INATTENTIVE CRASHES 232 INCLUDES ALCOHOL AND DRUGS INATTENTIVE CRASHES 1249 THE INATTENTIVE DRIVER IS ROUGHLY 5 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE INVOLVED IN A CRASH THAN A DRIVER IMPAIRED BY ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS!!!

Making the stop Reasonable suspicion an offense has or is occurring Driver looking at their phone Failure to maintain their lane—Where do we go? Not going when the light turns green Texting at stop lights

Police Motors, an effective tool Park on sidewalks in high crash / traffic areas Split lanes Stop lights or in moving traffic Weave through traffic Officer sits higher and can see in cars Stand on pegs for better view Easy to get out and through traffic to catch the violator

Who’s the biggest violator? Women? Men? Adults? Teenagers?

Scanning Watch the driver’s head Watch for cars moving slower than traffic Cars not going at green lights Vehicles drifting or leaving their lanes

QUESTIONS DRIVE SAFE AND YOU ARE FREE TO GO