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Neighborhood volunteer urges Austin to reinvigorate distracted-driving enforcement
Summary
Scott Johnson, a long-time Neighborhood Watch coordinator, urged the committee to form a working group to raise awareness of Austin's distracted-driving ordinance, strengthen enforcement, and promote diversion and education programs; he traced the ordinance history and cited earlier citation peaks.
Scott Johnson addressed the Public Safety Committee during public communication on Dec. 1 to urge renewed attention to distracted driving enforcement in Austin.
Johnson summarized local efforts dating to a 2006 bicycle-safety task force, recalled a 2009 ordinance against texting while driving and a later distracted-driving…
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