ST. PAUL, Minn. – A Minnesota State Patrol crackdown on distracted driving yielded 5,400 citations for hands-free cell phone calling. The crackdown, in April, involved 278 policing agencies statewide. The project director, Mike Hanson, expressed alarm that the citations totaled 2,000 more than a year earlier. A couple side notes: In St. Paul, Hanson noted, two drivers were cited twice the same day. Another driver was ticketed two times within three days.
