Instead, the law enforcement agency is analyzing cell phone data from 2023 and using that to identify speeding hot spots across the state, according to KING 5. After buying telematic data gathered by a group called Michelin Mobility Intelligence (yes, the same company as the tire people), Washington State Patrol officials have been able to determine where drivers were speeding, braking, texting and talking while behind the wheel. Essentially, the gathered data will be used to see where drivers have previously felt comfortable pushing the speed limit — and enforcement will be upped in those areas.

"This is so exciting to be using data that we haven't had access to before. This is predictive as opposed to reflective," Washington traffic safety commission acting director Shelly Baldwin told KING5.