Distracted drivers be warned: police across the Garden State will be looking for you.
Beginning Monday, there will be a "texting while driving" crackdown in the state.
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For the next three weeks, officers will target those drivers who talk on handheld cell phones or text while behind the wheel.
Officials say that distracted driving was a contributing factor in 53 percent of crashes in the state of New Jersey in 2016.