As part of April’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Traffic Services Detail will be focusing on catching drivers who are texting or operating hand-held cell phones in Industry on April 24.
The current minimum ticket cost is $159, with subsequent tickets costing at least $279, sheriff’s officials said.
Last April, over 57,000 tickets were written statewide for texting and hand-held cell use. There were nearly 450,000 convictions in 2012, officials said.
“Distracted driving is a serious traffic safety concern that puts everyone on the road at risk,” Los Angeles Sheriff’s Capt. Mike Parker through a news release statement. “In recent years, hundreds have been killed and thousands seriously injured in California as a result of collisions that involved at least one driver who was distracted.”
Nationally, an estimated 3,331 died in 2011 due to distracted driving, Parker wrote.
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