Fewer distracted drivers my ass.  You sit in the seat of any one of these dump trucks that travel the same stretch if hiway up to 8 times a day and you'll see that at least one in every 3 drivers is on the phone at a minimum.   Patrol officers these days are flat out lazy and doing less then the bare minimum of thier job requirements. If you news people want to be actual REPORTERS then get out there yourselves and watch the traffic and the police and you'll see there are less cops doing thier jobs and even more people taking advantage of this laziness.