Colorado State Patrol is running a new campaign to protect the youngest drivers through the end of the school year.
The campaign called “Don’t Chase Cool” targets drivers aged 16 to 21. The goal is to encourage the youth to slow down on the road and develop good driving habits. According to CSP, 9,240 speeding citations were given out to drivers in that age range.
CSP is also looking to curb the speeding habits on younger men. CDOT explains that as more drivers left the roads during the pandemic, more young men took to the roads and drove recklessly on the open roads. With more people returning to the roads, the reckless driving didn’t stop leading to more accidents.
Another reason why CSP and CDOT wants the youngest drivers to develop good driving habits, have to do with an uptick in deaths on the road. According to CDOT, 691 drivers died in car crashes last year. That’s the most since 2002. CDOT also says 14% of drivers don’t buckle up. “It’s creating more accidents. it’s creating more issues on the roadway. And when we do pull somebody over that’s been doing that, they’re lucky to be pulled over for us because the alternative is that they hurt somebody or kill somebody or even themselves,” Cutler said.
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