The Aurora Traffic Safety Project will run a large-scale safe driving enforcement patrol along Aurora Ave N on Thursday, April 14. The goal, according to the Seattle Department of Transportation is to deter aggressive and distracted driving. “Specifically the patrol will focus on the behaviors we know are contributing to collisions, injuries and deaths along Aurora such as speeding, following too close, unsafe turns, DUI, cell phone usage and other in car distractions,” SDOT states in a release.
The patrol will include more than 50 members of the Seattle Police Department, six patrol units from the Washington State Patrol and three teams from the Washington Liquor Control Board.