GHT ABOUT THAT LAW
AND HOW IT'S BEING ENFORCED
REPORTER: DRIVE THROUGH ANY WORK
ZONE AND CHANCES ARE YOU'LL SEE
SOMEONE BREAKING THE LAW BY
HOLDING A PHONE WHILE DRIVING.
>> YES, I DO.
I SEE IT ON THE INTERSTATE ALL
THE TIME.
REPORTER: IT MAD NEWS WHEN THAT
PRACTICE WAS BANNED IN WISCONSIN
LAST OCTOBER.
BUT SIX MONTHS AFTER THAT BAN
WENT INTO EFFECT, OUR 12 NEWS
CAMERAS CAUGHT DRIVERS BREAKING
THAT LAW AGAIN AND AGAIN FROM
WISCONSIN'S BUSIEST HIGHWAYS
TO WORK ZONES ON CITY STREET
YOU KNOW THAT'S AGAINST THE LAW
RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
REPORTER: BUT YOU WERE DOING IT.
>> WELL ACTUALLY BECAUSE I WAS
TALKING TO THE DENTIST.
REPORTER: TIME AND AGAIN,
DRIVERS IGNORING THAT LAW.
WE EVEN FOUND IT HAPPENING HERE,
DRIVERS HOLDING THEIR PHONES IN
THIS CONSTRUCTION ZONE RIGHT IN
FRONT OF THE STATE CAPITOL WHERE
THE LAW WAS PASSED.
>> ALL IT TAKES IS A SECOND AND
YOU TAKE OUT, WHAT, SIX GUYS?
REPORTER: MEREDITH CAMPBELL IS
MARRIED TO A ROAD CREW WORKER
AND WORRIES ABOUT DRIVERS ON THE
>> YEAH, IT'S SCARY.
REPORTER THEY PASSED A LAW.
>> THEY DID, BUT HOW DO THEY
ENFORCE IT?
REPORTER: WELL, 12 NEWS
INVESTIGATED AND FOUND THAT IN
THE FIRST SIX MONTHS THE LAW HAS
BEEN ON THE BOOKS THERE HAVE
BEEN ONLY A HANDFUL OF
CITATIONS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE MILWAUKEE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS
ISSUED ONLY TWO TICKET
THE SAME IS TRUE FOR THE KENOSHA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT,
WHILE BOTH RACINE AND WAUKESHA
COUNTIES HAVE NONE.
WASHINGTON COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE
WRITTEN JUST ONE TICKET FOR A
PHONE IN A WORK ZONE IT CAME ON
THE DAY AFTER THE LAW TOOK
EFFECT.
AND THE WISCONSIN STATE PATROL
HAS ISSUED JUST 7 ACROSS THE
ENTIRE STATE.
>> THAT WOULD DISAPPOINT ME TO
HEAR THAT.
NOT ONLY SURPRISE, BUT ALSO
DISAPPOINT ME.
REPORTER: STATE REPRESENTATIVE
TOD OHNSTADT, OF KENOSHA,
CO-AUTHORED THE LAW.
>> THERE REALLY DOESN'T SEEM TO
BE A LOT OF IMPACT FROM THIS.
WELL THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS
HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ME.
AND I WILL CERTAINLY MAKE IT
KNOWN THAT WE PASSED THE LAW FOR
A GOOD REASON, AND WE HOPE THAT
IT'S ENFORCED VIGOROUSLY.
REPORTER: WE ASKED THE STATE
PATROL WHY THERE HAVE BEEN SO
FEW CITATIONS, AND ONE REASON
THEY SAY, IS THAT IT'S TOUGH TO
MONITOR, ESPECIALLY ON
INTERSTATE WORK ZONES.
>> WE CAN'T NECESSARILY AND STOP
AND SIT THERE AND LOOK FOR
PEOPLE DOING THIS.
IT'S GOT TO BE IN A WORK ZONE.
THER HAS TO BE WORKERS PRESENT
WE AS AN OFFICER HAVE TO OBSERVE
A DRIVER PLAYING AROUND WITH
THEIR PHONE OR DEVICE, SO IT
MAKES IT A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO
ENFORCE.
REPORTER: THAT DOESN'T
NECESSARILY MEAN DRIVERS ARE
GETTING AWAY WITH BREAKING THE
LAW.
INSTEAD, MANY ARE BEING TICKETED
FOR OTHER VIOLATIONS LIKE
DISTRACTED OR INATTENTIVE
DRIVING.
THOSE CITATIONS ARE ON THE RIS
BUT SO ARE ACCIDENTS IN WORK
ZONES CAUSED BY INATTENTIVE
DRIVING.
STILL, MANY DRIVERS CONTINUE TO
HOLD THE PHONE AND BREAK THAT
LAW, AND SOME WONDER WHETHER
THEY'VE FORGOTTEN THAT IT'S THE
LAW AT ALL.
>> IF THEY DON'T SEE PEOPLE
GETTING PULLED OVER OR TICKETED
FOR IT, IT'S PROBABLY OUT OF
SIGHT, OUT OF MIND, HONESTLY.
REPORTER: THE DANGER ON THE
ROADS APPEARS TO BE INCREASING.
STATE PATROL DATS SAYS ACCIDENTS
INVOLVING DISTRACTED DRIVING IN
WORK ZONES WERE UP 19% LAST YEAR
OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR WITH
23% INCREASE IN INJURIES AND
DEATHS.
STATE REP. OHNSTAD SAYS HE PLANS
TO REACH OUT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
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