Troopers and truck drivers partner to stop distracted driving

Truck drivers like Neal Leclaire spend countless hours out on the road. Neal has been a truck driver for about 30 years.
But while on the road all day, truck drivers see it all-drivers cutting them off, distracted drivers, and people on their cell phones.
"Yeah, I got a good vantage point. You can see down into the vehicles that pass you," said Neal.
And that's why on Tuesday he had a Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper in his passenger seat. It's part of Trooper in a Truck, an initiative meant to promote safe driving. When a trooper identifies a violation from the truck, they radio to patrol cars in the area for proper enforcement.
"We can really get a kind of bird's-eye view of distracted driving that’s going on on the Wisconsin roadways," said Wisconsin State Patrol Inspector Tyler Kostos.
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Cops oughta ride in a Greyhound. They won’t believe how many people text while driving.

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Should be no one's business what you doing... when something happens that's whenever you pay the price....

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So it’s no one’s business if you’re driving drunk?

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What???????

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@@Honeybutternutshorts don't matter either way if you don't break traffic laws... You never find out...