Omaha Police are taking advantage of grant money to crack down on the kind of driving distractions that contribute to a lot of traffic accidents.

They say that distracted drivers cause 80 percent of all crashes.

Ewald Sender of Springfield has seen a lot of this.

He says, "I see them read newspapers -- women put on their make-up."

Police say that most crashes that result from these incidents happen within three seconds of the distraction. The most common is talking on a cell phone.

Omaha Police Officer Chuck Casey says it's just a matter of, "people doing things they shouldn't be doing while driving: writing things down; eating fast food they just ordered."

We rode along with Casey on a special enforcement operation at 120th and Bel Drive, one of the city's most accident-prone intersections.

He says the goal is, "enforcing violations that are typical during accidents -- most commonly speeding, violating traffic signals and again, improper turns."

You can't be pulled over for multi-tasking in the car but if it leads to a crash, you could be cited for careless or negligent driving, punishable by up to six months in jail.

"That is a common offense we do enforce here in Omaha," Officer Casey said.

This is just one of several special enforcements that Omaha Police will be doing with the help of federal grant money.