{"id":19872,"date":"2019-11-03T15:38:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T22:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=61264"},"modified":"2019-11-03T15:38:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T22:38:59","slug":"grand-countys-traffic-citations-fatalities-escalate-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/grand-countys-traffic-citations-fatalities-escalate-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand County\u2019s traffic citations, fatalities escalate in 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sheriff Brett Schroetlin posted a video to Facebook addressing the uptick in traffic concerns and requesting the public’s help.<\/strong>
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Three times as many people have already died on Grand County\u2019s roads this year when compared to last year\u2019s numbers, while traffic citations continue to outpace those in 2018.<\/p>\n

Grand County Sheriff Brett Schroetlin addressed the recent uptick of traffic concerns in a Facebook video to the community pledging to try and make roads in the county safer.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy passion is to do everything that is humanly possible to keep our community the very safest,\u201d Schroetlin said. \u201cThis is an epidemic that must be stopped today.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far this year, nine people have died in motor vehicle accidents, compared to three last year.<\/p>\n

According to the sheriff\u2019s office, this year they have issued over 1,400 traffic citations for moving violations, such as speeding, failure to signal or stop and road rage. In 2018, the sheriff\u2019s office issued a total of roughly 1,400 traffic citations.<\/p>\n

These numbers also don\u2019t include citations made by Colorado State Patrol nor municipal police departments.<\/p>\n

The top three moving violations drivers have been cited for in Grand County this year have been speeding, careless driving and improper lane changes. Traffic concerns also account for the majority of the calls the county dispatch office receives, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt often takes a back seat to criminal activity, but when you look at the scheme of things, we haven\u2019t had nine murders,\u201d said Lt. Dan Mayer, spokesman for the sheriff\u2019s office. \u201cIn terms of impact to the community, traffic does more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an effort to try and reduce unsafe traffic behavior, the sheriff\u2019s office asked residents to report offending drivers to dispatch and encouraged them to share photos or video evidence, such as dashcam footage, when possible. <\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s deputies also recently increased their presence on US Highway 40 at Red Dirt Hill, which has been the site of many car wrecks, including at least two of the fatalities this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur deputies are out there every day fighting the fight, \u2026 but we can\u2019t do it alone,\u201d Schroetlin says toward the end of the video. \u201cI ask you to say something if you see something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schroetlin noted that since 2006 call volumes have gone from 2,700 to over 15,000 while staffing has stayed roughly the same, which makes it difficult to have a constant presence in trouble areas, such as State Highway 9 and the Innsbruck and Winter Park Highlands neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

However, Schroetlin said the office has made note of problem areas and deputies patrol them when call volume allows.<\/p>\n

The Colorado Department of Transportation is also stepping in by conducting a safety study on the Red Dirt Hill portion of Highway 40 that may result in changes.<\/p>\n

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Sheriff Brett Schroetlin posted a video to Facebook addressing the uptick in traffic concerns and requesting the public’s help.Screenshot Three times as many people have already died on Grand County\u2019s roads this year when compared to last year\u2019s numbers, while traffic citations continue to outpace those in 2018. Grand County Sheriff Brett Schroetlin addressed the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19872","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 12:58:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}