Delaware Cracking Down On Out-Of-State Drivers To Slow Spread Of COVID-19

Chantee Lans reports.

DEATHS, AND DELAWARE HAS 393CASES, AND 12 PEOPLE HAVEDIED.DELAWARE IS CRACKING DOWNON PEOPLE COMING FROM OUT OFSTATE DURING THE CORONAVIRUSOUTBREAK.POLICE ARE WRITING TICKETS ANDTARGETING A POPULAR LIQUORSTORE ON THE PENNSYLVANIABORDER."EYEWITNESS NEWS" REPORTERCHANTEE LANS IS IN CLAYMONTWITH THE DETAILS THERE,CHANTEE.REPORTER: DELAWARE STATEPOLICE ARE ON THE SIDE OF THEROAD QUESTIONING DRIVERSSTOPPING THEM SPECIFICALLY IFTHEY DO NOT HAVE A DELAWARETAG.NOW IF YOU THINK YOU WILL COMEFROM OUT OF STATE, TO SHOPHERE, POLICE AND THE GOVERNORSAYS THINK AGAIN YOU MATE GETPULLED OVER BY POLICE AS YOUCAN SEE RIGHT HERE.GOVERNOR JOHN CARNEY HAS SAIDDELAWARE STATE POLICE ISENFORCING IT.NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO VISITDELAWARE.STATE POLICE STATIONED HERE ONNAAMANS ROAD IN CLAYMONT NEWCASTLE COUNTY.POLICE ARE PULLING OVERVEHICLES WITHOUT OF STATELICENSE PLATES BECAUSE IT ALLCOMES AFTER GOVERNOR JOHNCARNEY ISSUED AN ORDER EARLIERTHIS WEEK FOR ALL OUT OF STATETRAVELERS COMING INTO DELAWARETO SELF QUARANTINE FOR 14DAYS, TO STOP THE SPREAD OFTHE COVID-19.THAT ORDER HAS NOW, GIVENPOLICE THE THIRD TO PULL OVERA DRIVER FOR SIMPLY HAVING ANOUT OF STATE PLATE.SO WHEN PULLED OVER WHATHAPPENED?OFFICER WILL ASK QUESTIONSBURR TRAVEL AND WILL BE TOLDTO SELF QUARANTINE FOR TWOWEEKS WHILE IN DELAWARE ORIMMEDIATELY RETURN TO YOURHOME STATE.WE HAVE TALK WITH ONE DELAWARERESIDENT ABOUT THE CHANGES.IT IS JUST TO KEEPEVERYBODY SAFE FROMPENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, NEWJERSEY BECAUSE THEY AREGETTING HIT HARD WITH THISCORONAVIRUS THAT IS GOING ON.SO I THINK IT IS GREAT THEYARE ENFORCING THE SOCIALDISTANCING, AND JUST TRYING TOKEEP EVERYBODY SAFE.REPORTER: AND THERE ISEXCEPTIONS TO THESE TRAVELRESTRICTIONS, ORDER DOES NOTAPPLY TO OUT OF STATE DRIVERSON I-95, I295 OR I495.AND OUT OF STATE DRIVERS AREALLOWED TO PASS THROUGHDELAWARE WHILE TRAVEL TOANOTHER STATE.THE ORDER DOES NOT APPLY TOEMPLOYEES TRAVELING INTODELAWARE FOR ESSENTIALBUSINESS.IT DOES NOT APPLY TO PEOPLECARING FOR A FAMILY MEMBER INDELAWARE OR TO PEOPLETRAVELING, IN STATE FOR OTHERHEALTH CARRIES OPPOSITE LIKINGTO A PHARMACY.POLICE HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TOFOCUS ON NON-INTERSTATE ROADSTHAT HAVE BEEN SEEING LARGEVOLUMES OF TRAVELER LIKE THEONE YOU SEE HERE.POLICE HAVE BEEN OUT HERE FORHOURS.THEY PLAN TO REMAIN HERE FOR ALITTLE WHILE AGAIN, CHECKINGVEHICLES.THEY ALSO MENTIONED TO ME THATTHIS IS NOT ABOUT PUNISHINGBUT MORE ABOUT EDUCATING THEPUBLIC AND LETTING THEM KNOWWHAT THE GOVERNOR PREFERS.REPORTING LIVE, IN DELAWARE,