This week Eugene Police Traffic Enforcement Unit will be engaged in a statewide concentrated effort to reduce the number of motor vehicle related deaths and injuries.
The goal of the “3-Flags” traffic enforcement campaign is to reduce traffic incidents by increasing public awareness about the three main causes of traffic accident injuries:
- safety restraint use
- speed
- impaired driving
Although reducing traffic accidents is an ongoing effort for the Eugene Police, the federally funded 3-Flags Campaign provides a real boost because it enables officers statewide to join together for periods of concentrated enforcement.
“Lack of seat belt use was a major factor in half of Oregon’s traffic deaths last year. One in three children under age eight killed or injured in crashes were using adult restraint systems (231 children) or were totally unrestrained (16 children) rather than riding in child seats appropriate for their size. Speeding and driver impairment were the other most common causes injury crashes,” according to the Eugene Police Department.
The 3-Flags traffic enforcement campaign runs through February 22, 2009.
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