The Park City Police Department reported numerous issues in early August, as the tourism industry remained busy and traffic was heavy at many points. Police officers regularly conduct traffic patrols across the community. The recent cases seemed to resemble those traditionally logged during time s when there are lots of visitors in Park City, but there were others that were not as common. Public police logs oftentimes do not provide details about whether someone receives a ticket, but officers are believed to issue warnings in many cases unless the person is a repeat offender or the suspected violation is deemed egregious. Speeding and other traffic offenses have long been some of the chief law enforcement-related complaints of Parkites. Some of the recent cases included: On Sunday, Aug. 9, at 11:04 a.m., an officer pulled over a driver on Empire Avenue, apparently after observing an issue commonly related to suspected distracted driving. The police said the driver told the officer he looked at a phone “to see if one of the restaurants was open,” according to public police logs. The person’s son gave him the phone, the logs indicated. On Saturday, Aug. 8, at 1:02 p.m., an officer stopped a driver on Marsac Avenue after, according to the police, the person did not yield to traffic at the Old Town roundabout. On Saturday, Aug. 8, at 10:14 a.m., a driver was pulled over in the area of Holiday Ranch Loop Road and Little Kate Road after an officer observed what was described as an issue with the amount of tinting on a window. There was also a driver’s license issue, the police said. On Friday, Aug. 7, at 12:51 p.m., an officer pulled over a driver on Park Avenue “while traffic was severely backed up and moving at a slow crawl” and after observing the person “tapping their phone screen and looking down at the screen,” according to public police logs. On Thursday, Aug. 6, at 4:12 p.m., the police attempted to locate a driver on S.R. 224, described as “distracted.” The police were told the person was “swerving between lanes, making sudden hard brakes,” public police logs indicated. Police officers also conducted traffic stops for a series of other suspected offenses, including improper turns, speeding and failing to stop at a stop sign, in a variety of locations. The post Park City road cases mount with drivers looking at phones, yielding issue at roundabout appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less