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Youngstown gets federal traffic safety funds
TweetPublished: Mon, November 9, 2009 @ 3:14 p.m.
YOUNGSTOWN — The Ohio Department of Public Safety has awarded $42,935 in federal traffic safety funds to the city police department for the federal fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
The money will be targeted to traffic law enforcement in high-accident areas on and near South Avenue, Midlothian Boulevard, Glenwood Avenue, Meridian Road, U.S. routes 62 and 422 and I-680, said Police Chief Jimmy Hughes.
Enforcement priorities will include impaired driving, seat-belt use and motorcycle safety, he said.
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See, something good for Youngstown and no comments, but God forbid it's negative, the comments are overwhelming. Go figure.
$43,000- BFD and look what it is to be used for- Seat belt usage, motorcycle safety and oh yea impaired driving!
How about a grant for fighting crime, or maybe seed money for jobs or better still tax credits for businesses to hire some unemployed workers so they can feed their families and pay their bills!
Bring me some news like that a I will scream Hallelujah from the top of the First National Tower.
Hello, like the funds are for that purpose......geez....just amazing people just can't be positive about anything...
”Governor Strickland has demonstrated a deep commitment to building and strengthening our
partnerships with local leaders to ensure that Ohio’s communities are as safe as possible, and
these grants are a great opportunity for us to work together at the local, state, county and federal
level,” said ODPS Director Cathy Collins-Taylor.
The funds support the efforts of safety partners statewide and focus on traffic safety priority areas
such as restraint use, impaired driving, motorcycle safety and youthful drivers. In the past three
years, Ohio’s roadway fatalities have decreased to near record lows. There were 1,191 fatalities
on Ohio’s roads in 2008, down from 1,257 in 2007 and 1,239 in 2006.
For the full grant educated yourself and go to:
http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/link...
Lifes2Short, Could it be that the depressed economy, increased fuel prices and less jobs to travel to, be some of the reasons for the decreased fatalities?
I personally feel that some of those overtime funds are justified. D.U.I. enforcement never hurts anyone but those that are caught. While it may be an inconvenience, of the three enforcement targets, it is good use of those funds.
The cycle safety is a joke. In our climate they only are ridden at best 5 months a year, by less than 20% of the drivers.
Helmet use is a rider option as the law allows. Seat belt enforcement is a sham to keep federal funding and to gain revenue for the court systems. I'm not saying they don't help save some lives, but if the idea is to increase safety, how about we target distracted cell users, those deafened by loud radio woofers, headphone muffled operators and this list of dangerous practices I could go on and on about. I have yet to hear of any accidents being caused by a driver using a seatbelt. I have seen helmet use contribute, because of impaired vision, to a few accidents.