Crime & Safety
New Canaan Police to Target Traffic Law Violators on Tuesday
Efforts to target drivers who exceed the speed limit and use handheld cell phones will be intensified, according a statement released by the department.
Several officers of the New Canaan Police Department will be assigned exclusively to traffic enforcement duties on Tuesday in an effort to catch motorists violating traffic laws, according to a statement released by Captain Leon Krolikowski.
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Officers will be assigned to both marked and unmarked vehicles and will target motorists who exceed the speed limit, use handheld cell phones while driving, pass stopped school buses, following too closely to other vehicles and violate other traffic laws that can contribute to accidents.
"The New Canaan Police Department is serious about enforcing Connecticut’s traffic laws in an effort to reduce the frequency and severity of motor vehicle accidents," Krolikowski wrote in the statement.
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Officers will pay particular attention to the following roads which, according to the department, have increased rates of motor vehicle accidents or are locations where citizen complaints about traffic safety have occurred:
- New Norwalk Road
- Silvermine Road
- Heritage Hill Road
- Smith Ridge Road
- South Avenue
- Oenoke Ridge Road
- Old Stamford Road
- Jelliff Mill Road
- Ponus Ridge Road
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