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Another
Successful
Year of Safe Saturdays!
Posted 23 July 2010
With the help of Iowa
news media and motorists across the state, the Iowa State Patrol Safe
Saturday Enforcement continues to drive down motor vehicle fatalities
on Iowa roadways. Statistically, the month of June has been
identified as one of the deadliest months of the year, which prompted
the Iowa State Patrol to introduce the Safe Saturday program in 2009
and carry its success through 2010.
This year during the Safe Saturday enforcement effort the Iowa State
Patrol executed 70 OWI arrests, 290 seatbelt citations and 1,274 speed
citations. And these are just a fraction of the total 5,727
contacts Troopers had with motorists during this year’s Safe Saturday
Enforcement effort. The total number of contacts for 2010
represents a 46% enforcement increase over Saturdays in 2008-prior to
the introduction of the program. This was accomplished despite a
10% decline in manpower hours over 2008.
Colonel Patrick J. Hoye of the Iowa State Patrol commented, “The
Troopers that worked the project did an outstanding job. And the
motoring public really stepped up too. Without their efforts to
drive safely, June on Iowa roadways would have been much deadlier.”
Typically, there are 40-45 Iowans that die on Iowa roadways during the
month of June. So far 34 motor vehicle deaths have been reported
for June, 2010. This matches the fatality total recorded last
year when Safe Saturdays was initiated, making June, 2009 and June,
2010 the safest on Iowa roadways in recent years. The State
Patrol sees the reduction in fatalities as a strong indicator the Safe
Saturday Enforcement program is changing behavior and saving lives.
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