The state’s Traffic Safety Commission announced Wednesday an increase in enforcement patrols in Clark County amid a surge of distracted driving.
Starting today, law enforcement agencies statewide will add patrols looking for people who are using their electronic devices while behind the wheel. Drivers can be issued a “dangerously distracted” citation for committing other traffic violations due to any type of distraction.
According to the commission’s 2020 Distracted Driving Observation Survey, the statewide distracted driver rate increased from 6.8 percent in 2019 to 9.4 percent last year.
Distracted driving behavior on city streets rose from one in every 10 drivers to nearly one in every five. Driver distraction on county roads doubled. The increases included all types of driver distraction, not just handheld cellphone use, according to the survey.
