Local law enforcement joins state in 'High Five'
This 2003 Chevrolet truck was severely damaged and the driver taken to HCMH with injuries following a crash on K Road Dec. 23, 2022. Humboldt County is part of a five-county stepped up enforcement, education and engineering effort in 2023, with a goal of reducing speeders and distracted and impaired drivers and making sure all motorists are buckled up. There were four traffic fatalities in Humboldt County in 2022 and one just over the line in Kossuth County. According to a September seat belt survey, Humboldt County is about 7 percentage points below the state average in seat belt usage. Photo courtesy of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office.
By KENT THOMPSON
The statistics are sobering but there is hope. Hope that more lives can be saved through traffic safety education, engineering and enforcement. That’s the goal of the High Five Rural Traffic Safety Project.
In the fall of 2022, members of the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau (GTSB) and the Iowa State Patrol (ISP) met with Humboldt County Sheriff Dean Kruger and Humboldt Police Chief Joel Sanders to announce the institution of the High Five Rural Traffic Safety Project for Humboldt County.
Humboldt County is one of five, along with Appanoose, Keokuk, Cherokee and Mitchell counties that are being targeted in the coming year for the traffic safety awareness program.
The program will be a coordinated effort between the state agencies and local law enforcement.
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