The following is via WCBSTV:

Starting Tuesday, police in 60 New Jersey communities are launching a three-week crackdown on distracted drivers.

As part of a national campaign dubbed �UDrive, UText, UPay,� police departments are tapping into a special federal grant that will allow them to dedicate overtime officers specifically to distracted drivers.

�Officers are going to be doing a hundred hours of this special detail: distracted drivers with cellphones,� said Englewood Cliffs Police Chief Michael Cioffi. �Nothing else.�

The push was prompted by an alarming rise in the number of distracted driving accidents.

Most notably was the death last summer of 8-month-old Angelie Paredes, who was killed when an allegedly distracted bus driver lost control in West New York.

Beginning July 1, fines jump from $100 to anywhere between $200 and $400 for talking or texting and those fines increase with subsequent convictions.

April is National Distracted Driving Month. The distracted driving campaign runs through April 21.

(Source: WCBSTV)