By Stephanie Froese

Drivers not getting the texting message

Feb 8, 2011 | 1:59 PM

Drivers in Prince Albert can’t keep their hands off their cell phones.

The Prince Albert Police Service performed a random traffic blitz last week. More than half of the tickets were issued to those were using a mobile device while behind the wheel.

It has been more than a year since driving and using a cell phone has been banned in Saskatchewan.

“The results of the Blitz were 40 tickets issued — 23 tickets for using a cell phone while driving.” Sgt. Gwen Kennedy said.

She said the next two highest ticketed categories were Fail to Wear a Seatbelt and Unregistered Motor Vehicles. Five tickets were issued for each of those categories.

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The blitz was conducted by the traffic division of the police service.

The police plan to do more traffic blitzes in the future that will focus on the use of cell phones while driving,

sfroese@panow.com