They will target many of the state and federal highways in East Central Indiana.
MUNCIE -- Even as snow makes the roads treacherous, Indiana State Police want motorists to know that the most common cause of crashes is simply bad driving.
The ISP last week released a list of highways in Delaware, Blackford, Grant, Jay and Randolph counties that they will target under "crash causation factor patrols."
Troopers in marked and unmarked patrol will be looking for speeding, unsafe lane movement and failure to yield right of way.
The targeted roads are:
- Ind. 3, Ind. 18 and Ind. 26 in Blackford County.
- Interstate 69 and the Muncie Bypass in Delaware County.
- Interstate 69 and Ind. 9 and Ind. 26 in Grant County.
- Ind. 67 and U.S. 27 in Jay County.
- Ind. 32 and Ind. 67 in Randolph and Delaware counties.
These highways were identified as problem areas by state police.
"The goal is to reduce the overall number of fatal and personal injury accidents," Sgt. Rod Russell said.
Russell stressed that driving behavior, not road conditions, are often the primary causes in accidents.
