With the unofficial start of summer a little more than a week away, all roads, so it seems, lead to the Long Beach Island region and other coastal communities in Ocean County. The result isn’t just more traffic, but more concern for distracted and impaired drivers along some of the most heavily traveled arteries to the shore.

“As warm weather approaches, the volume of traffic on our roads increases, as do accidents,” said Ocean County Sheriff Michael G. Mastronardy.