Virginia Police ‘Saturation’ Patrols Target High Volume I-95 Area

Virginia State Police say there were no crashes during a one-day increased patrol along a 13-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in the capital region.

Last Thursday, troopers conducted “saturation” patrols in the Highway Safety Corridor around Richmond. The effort was to promote traffic safety in an area that experiences a high volume of traffic and numerous interchanges.

In 2007, there were 759 traffic crashes in the corridor of which 196 resulted in injury and four deaths. Police issues 236 summonses for traffic violations during Thursday’s operation, including 72 for speeding, 18 for reckless driving and 13 for safety belt and child restraint violations.

Latest Comments

• April 9, 2008 at 6:18 am

  SP says:

  That's the problem Fred. Most are not in single car crashes and they hurt others. Othewise I'm all for thining out the gene pool.
• April 9, 2008 at 2:17 am

  Fred says:

  I am opposed to paying a nickel more out of my pocket to save a few idiots from their own stupidity. They have the right to drive carelessyly, and they deserve the consequenc... read more
• April 9, 2008 at 1:04 am

  Cheetoh Mulligan says:

  Now go out and ask the taxpayers to pony up an additional $20 to $50 each a year to have extra police and possibly save a life or two. What are the odds of that passing???