This week, the Kansas Highway Patrol will join the partnering law enforcement agencies from a six-state area to address the issue of increased speeding on our nation’s roadways, according to a spokesman.
Participating in this initiative will be Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The special enforcement will run from Friday, Sept. 23, through Sunday, Sept. 25.
“One death is one too many,” said Col. Mark Bruce of the Kansas Highway Patrol, in a news release. “That is just one more family who will miss seeing the important milestones in their loved one’s life.”
Law enforcement across the six-state area will be extra-vigilant when patrolling around city streets; rural roads; and state and federal highways, the spokesman said. Officers will issue citations to any individual who refuses to obey the traffic laws, whether it is for speeding, texting, driving while impaired or failing to buckle up, according to the spokesman.
As speed increases, the severity of crashes increases, including the risk for fatalities, the spokesman said. Officers emphasized the importance of slowing down, using restraints, and not driving while impaired.