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Weather Alert

...AN AIR QUALITY ACTION DAY HAS BEEN DECLARED...

The officials at the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management have called for an Air Quality Action Day on Saturday
June 3 for the following Indiana counties...

Bartholomew, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Daviess, Delaware, Greene,
Hamilton, Hendricks, Howard, Knox, Madison, Monroe, Randolph,
Shelby, Tippecanoe and Vigo.

This Air Quality Action Day will be in effect from 1200 AM to
1159 PM.

An Air Quality Action Day means that a combination of the high
temperatures, light winds, and other factors, are expected to
produce conditions where high levels of ozone emissions may exceed
federally mandated standards.

Here are some recommended actions that the public can take to reduce
ozone forming emissions:

* Walk, bike, carpool or use public transportation.
* Avoid using the drive-through and combine errands into one trip.
* Avoid refueling your vehicle or using gasoline-powered lawn
equipment until after 7pm.
* Turn off your engine when idling for more than 30 seconds.
* Conserve energy by turning off lights or setting the air
conditioner to 75 degrees or above.

"We're going to see a lot more traffic" Indiana State Police to increase patrols for Memorial Day Weekend

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTHI) - The National Safety Council estimates that more than 400 people may die on United States roads this Memorial Day weekend.

That data is based on crash trends from the last six years during the same period.

Holiday Travel Safety 5 pm

Local police agencies will be even more present this weekend as part of the "Click it or Ticket" campaign.

Friday and Saturday will be two very busy travel days along Interstate 70 ahead of the Memorial Day Weekend.

News 10 went out with state police on a patrol as they crack down on distracted driving.

Memorial Day Patrols 6 pm

Sergeant Matt Ames of the Indiana State Police and his fellow officers are spending extra time on Interstate 70.

"We know that people are going to be getting out, they're going to be going to see their friends, they're going to be going to see their families, doing all the traditional things, and we know that we're going to see a lot more traffic on I-70 as people go to the race," Ames said.

Ames says aggressive driving, speeding, and driving while distracted or impaired can all have dangerous consequences.

"There's nothing worse than being a law enforcement officer having to go knock on a family's door and let them know that their loved one has been involved in an accident and that they're injured, or the worst part, that they've been involved in a fatal accident," Ames said.

He says the goal isn't to write a bunch of tickets but to make sure drivers are being careful and getting to and from their destinations safely.

"Every time that we make a traffic stop out here, we understand that we're impacting people's lives, whether that's financially if we issue them a citation, or whether or not we're just taking an opportunity to educate the driver about what they're doing wrong out there," Ames said.

Ames says while officers are patrolling more, they want you to have a fun and safe Memorial Day Weekend.

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