IN THE FIRST DAY OF A MONTH-LONG CAMPAIGN AIMED AT CRACKING DOWN ON DISTRACTED DRIVING THE CAPITOLA POLICE DEPARTMENT ISSUED A TOTAL OF 107 CITATIONS. ON TUESDAY THE SANTA CRUZ COUNTY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT TEAM IN CONJUNCTION WITH “BADGES” (OR BEFORE AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS GET EVERYONE STOPPED) WROTE 107 CITATIONS WITHIN CAPITOLA CITY LIMITS. 70 CELL PHONE CITATIONS WERE GIVEN ALONG WITH 9 SEATBELT CITATIONS AND 29 OTHERS. DISTRACTED DRIVING CAUSED AN ESTIMATED 3,331 DEATHS NATIONALLY IN 2011.
