An NYPD patrol car is shown in this file photo...

An NYPD patrol car is shown in this file photo taken on March 18, 2012. Credit: Getty Images

The NYPD announced a three-week traffic safety initiative, effective Monday, that focuses on "the most problematic intersections around the city."

The enforcement operation will last 21 consecutive days, ending July 6, and take place "during all hours of the day," the NYPD said in a news release.

"Enforcement will focus on hazardous driving behaviors such as speeding, passing through red lights, driving while using a cellphone, driving while texting, making improper turns, disobeying traffic signs, and failing to yield to pedestrians," the NYPD said.

In announcing its initiative, the NYPD encouraged drivers "to use caution, to slow down and to be patient" on city streets.

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes us "Out East," and shows us the Long Island Aquarium, a comfort food restaurant in Baiting Hollow, a Riverhead greenhouse and Albert Einstein's connections to the East End. Credit: Newsday Staff

'It's definitely a destination' NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes us "Out East," and shows us the Long Island Aquarium, a comfort food restaurant in Baiting Hollow, a Riverhead greenhouse and Albert Einstein's connections to the East End.

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes us "Out East," and shows us the Long Island Aquarium, a comfort food restaurant in Baiting Hollow, a Riverhead greenhouse and Albert Einstein's connections to the East End. Credit: Newsday Staff

'It's definitely a destination' NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes us "Out East," and shows us the Long Island Aquarium, a comfort food restaurant in Baiting Hollow, a Riverhead greenhouse and Albert Einstein's connections to the East End.

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