Police to conduct traffic checks
The University of Maine police department will conduct traffic checks in the coming months, as part of an effort to ensure traffic and roadway safety. Officers will conduct road checks in campus areas that get the most traffic. Traditionally, road checks are conducted to discourage the operation of motor vehicles by drivers under the use of intoxicating beverages or drugs. Road checks are typically conducted at night and on roads near establishments that sell alcohol, or in areas where there have been alcohol-related accidents. Daytime road checks may be conducted to update the public on Maine’s new texting-while-driving law and for seat belt law enforcement.
Oct. 19, 2011
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571