Do one-week law crackdowns work?
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Every few weeks, we in the news business tell you about a crackdown by the police. A few weeks ago there was a crackdown on speeding, so some people slowed down. For a week.
Then there was a crackdown on distracted driving. So some people stopped tweeting while driving. For a week.
Question: Why isn't there always a crackdown on things that are against the law?
The latest example comes from the Pioneer Press' Katie Kather, who reports today on the "annual" one-week crackdown on drivers who plow through downtown St. Paul crosswalks when people are in them.
One week?
One-hundred-fifty drivers were ticketed during the one-week crackdown earlier this month, she reports.
In Minnesota last year, 17 people died in pedestrian-vehicle crashes. And 52 weeks a year in St. Paul, you're taking your life in your hands when you try to cross the street.
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