Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 3 · column 2 of 7 · from the scan, no model involved
“Consider this a preliminary warning,” said Lucy Caldwell, public affairs spokesman for the State Police.
“No warnings will be issued (before seat belt tickets are written). Not that warnings have been issued,” she said.
The seat belt law in Virginia is secondary, meaning motorists can’t be stopped for that violation alone. Troopers must have some other reason for stopping a vehicle before a seat belt ticket can be written.
Under the child safety seat law, any child under 40 pounds or under four years of age must be in a special seat.
Sgt. Adams said, “Our additional personnel will place special emphasis on high visibility and directed patrol in accident prone locations, with a continued enforcement of DU I, drug and seat belt violations.”
Fauquier and Rappahannock troopers have issued 138 DU I summonses this year already. They have also made 47 drug arrests, 161 criminal arrests and worked 261 accidents.
Drug, drunk-driving and other arrests are all up from 1990, but the number of crashes is down, said Sgt. Adams.
Another statewide project the State Police have undertaken is the interstate task force, which is currently focusing on Interstate 95 and Interstate 81.
Sgt. Adams said Interstate 66 is not being targeted, but that may happen in the future. The task force assigns additional troopers to look for speeders and other violators.
94.3%