The Washington State Patrol and state Department of Transportation are teaming up to improve motorist safety on U.S. Highway 101.
Their efforts target the recent spate of fatality collisions that killed six people last month in Clallam and Jefferson counties.
“These are not just something that happen in our community that we take as part of our job,” State Patrol Lt. Clint Casebolt, assistant District 8 commander, said.
“We just cannot continue this trend.”
The joint action plan includes highway signage, radio safety broadcasts and random emphasis patrols using the State Patrol’s unmarked Aggressive Driver Apprehensive Team cars, said Trooper Glen Tyrrell, regional spokesman for the State Patrol.
The highway advisory radio message — alerting motorists to the recent crashes and reminding them to be cautious — will be broadcast on 530 AM or 1610 AM within the week, and portable electronic message boards along Highway 101 will direct motorists to the broadcasts, DOT spokesman Lloyd Brown said.
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The rest of the story appears in Sunday’s Peninsula Daily News.