OHIO — The Ohio State Highway Patrol, alongside others in the 6-State Trooper Project, will be focused on enforcing distracted driving laws during the first week of April, according to a press release.

What You Need To Know

  • The Ohio State Highway Patrol, alongside others in the 6-State Trooper Project, will be focused on enforcing distracted driving laws during the first week of April

  • This is in recognition of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month

  • Ohio’s new distracted driving laws were enforceable starting in October of last year

  • The state highway patrol wrote 3,575 citations for such violations, a 119% increase from the year before

This is in recognition of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, and the initiative will start at 12:01 a.m. on April 1, through 11:59 p.m. on April 8.

“The enforcement initiative will be focusing primarily on violations of driving while texting, use of devices under 18, distracted driving enhancement and federal motor carrier,” the release reads.

Ohio’s new distracted driving laws were enforceable starting in October of last year, and the release notes that the state highway patrol wrote 3,575 citations for such violations, a 119% increase from the year before.

“Ohio also saw 28 distracted-driving-related fatal crashes in 2023, the lowest total over the last five years,” the release concludes.

Other members of the 6-State Trooper Project include the Michigan State Police, Kentucky State Police, West Virginia State Police, Pennsylvania State Police and the Indiana State Police.

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