The Ohio State Highway Patrol, Youngstown Police and ODOT are teaming up to provide a distracted driving corridor, like the one that existed on Interstate 76 for years.

This corridor will run from Lanterman Road to U.S. 224, covering about eleven miles.

Law enforcement's main goal is to reduce accidents and fatalities in our cities and on the roadways by changing the behavior of distracted drivers.

"We're here to tell you that that text can wait! it can wait," said Captain Jason Simon of Youngstown Police Department. "And if you don't believe that it can wait, we have a piece of paper that we're gonna give you that can tell you it can wait," he said.

Between 2016 and 2020, there were 925 total crashes on I-680. Of those crashes, 263 resulted in injury and six of them were fatal. Twenty seven of those crashes were attributed to distracted driving.

The corridor will be clearly marked with new signage, letting you know when you're entering and exiting.

As an additive, law enforcement will be working with an aviator team that will allow them to identify any distracted drivers from the air.

"You're getting a live feed of what the pilot is seeing and in this case, a particular vehicle might be picked out for violation," said Richard S. Fambro, Colonel with the Ohio State Highway Patrol. "There are troopers and police officers that would be stationed on the ground stationary, and they would actually then perform a traffic stop," he said.

Officials say you should put your phone away some where you won't be tempted to grab it.