No
matter where you are headed between now and the beginning of the New Year,
expect to see extra police out on the road.
West
Virginia State Police say they are beefing up patrols.
They
will be watching for distracted driving.
Troopers
say they will also be looking for drivers under the influence of drugs or
alcohol.
"Our
Director of Traffic came up with a very targeted approach to DUIs this
year," West Virginia State Police Sgt. Michael Baylous said. "It
focuses on areas where we saw more DUIs and more fatalities and try and
distribute the overtime money based on a lot of that information."
The
number of fatal accidents are down this year in West Virginia
At
this point, troopers say there have been 40 fewer people killed in crashes
compared with last year.
