TOPSHAM, Maine — The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department is reminding drivers that being distracted behind the wheel is a traffic violation “even if you are stopped at an intersection.”
And they’ve placed a deputy, in plain clothes, at an intersection in Topsham to remind drivers directly.
A picture posted on the department’s Facebook page shows Deputy Zach Kinderlan holding a cardboard sign letting drivers know if they are texting, they are about to get a ticket.
Today, in Topsham, many people saw Deputy Zach Kinderlan working a distracted driver detail, along with Sergeant Greg…
Posted by Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department on Tuesday, 7 August 2018
Deputies say it was one of many details being done statewide.
The effort is funded by the Maine Bureau of Highway Safety.
“Looking at your phone, texting, watching video, even if you are stopped at an intersection, is a violation. It is our hope that folks will put the phone down and concentrate on their driving,” the sheriff’s department wrote on Facebook.
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