Area law enforcement officers to mobilize on August 15 to deter speeding and aggressive driving on US 41

August 10, 2007

To combat speeding, aggressive driving and other dangerous actions that cause traffic crashes, law enforcement agencies will mobilize on Wednesday, August 15, for increased traffic enforcement on the US 41 corridor—from Menomonee Falls to Marinette.

The intensified enforcement on Aug. 15 is a voluntary initiative that involves 18 law enforcement agencies along US 41. These agencies are uniting together to remind motorists of the dangers of speed and aggressive driving along this increasingly congested stretch of highway. Participating agencies are the Wisconsin State Patrol, Menomonee Falls Police Department, Fond du Lac Police Department, Fond du Lac County Sheriff’s Department, Germantown Police Department, Green Bay Police Department, Brown County Sheriff’s Department, Grand Chute Police Department, Marinette Police Department, Marinette County Sheriff’s Department, Outagamie County Sheriff’s Department, Washington County Sheriff’s Department, Kaukauna Police Department, Ashwaubenon Public Safety, Appleton Police Department, De Pere Police Department, Oconto County Sheriff’s Department, and the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department.

“With saturation patrols for high visibility enforcement on this busy highway, we are striving to get drivers to comply voluntarily with traffic laws to reduce crashes,” says Dennis Hughes, chief of Traffic Safety Programs for the Wisconsin State Patrol Bureau of Transportation Safety. “ However, if voluntary compliance fails, officers who will be patrolling in greater numbers and for longer hours on the 170-mile US 41 corridor will be prepared to ticket speeders and other violators.”