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Salinas police outline hands‑free enforcement after Office of Traffic Safety grant
Summary
Salinas Police announced a hands‑free enforcement and education program funded by a California Office of Traffic Safety grant, citing a rise in vehicle‑vs‑pedestrian crashes and clarifying the state’s hands‑free limits for drivers and occupational device use.
The Salinas Police Department said it has received a traffic‑safety grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to support outreach, training and enforcement aimed at unsafe driving behaviors.
“Part of the OTS grant was this specifically because of the new law change,” Sergeant Stack Dunnegan of the Salinas Police Department said, describing the grant as funding both education and enforcement. Dunnegan told the briefing the grants are a portion of the department’s traffic and pedestrian safety work.
Dunnegan explained the recent…
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