In an effort to help influence safe driving and take impaired drivers off the roads, police in Southern Idaho will be doing a Thanksgiving Emphasis Patrol.
An operation involving the Idaho State Police Domestic Highway Enforcement team recently ended in nearly 100 traffic stops and more than 60 drug charges.
Two people were killed in car accidents on Tuesday in Northern Idaho. In both cases, the deceased drivers were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the accidents.
Saturday and Sunday were deadly days on Idaho roads. Idaho State Police responded to a number of vehicle accidents, two of which ended as fatality crashes.
Just because Labor Day is over now and school is back in session, doesn’t mean Idaho roads are any less dangerous. If anything, this last week has been worse than any week during the 100 Deadliest Days of Summer.