Brick Police On Lookout For Texting And Driving

BRICK, NJ -- If you are someone who texts or talks on your cell phone while driving, you'd better break that habit, especially if you're in Brick Township in the coming days and weeks.

The Brick Township Police Department announced it is participating in the statewide 2016 distracted driver crackdown campaign, which is headed up by the New Jersey Division of Highway Traffic Safety.

"Distracted driving kills," Brick police said in a post on the department's Facebook page. "The friends, family, and neighbors of the thousands of people killed nationwide each year in distracted driving crashes will tell you it is a very serious safety problem. The nearly half a million people injured each year will agree."

Driver inattention has been a major contributing factor in nearly 800,000 motor vehicle crashes in New Jersey from 2010 to 2014, police said, and distracted driving killed 3,179 people nationwide in 2014.

The campaign runs until April 21, police said.