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By Rick Rector | Friday, May 16, 2008 6:10 AM CDT | () comments

Good TGIF morning, Quad-Cities. At 6 a.m. it’s 43 degrees under fair skies. Today there is a slight chance of isolated showers after 1 p.m., otherwise we will see partly cloudy skies with a high near 72 degrees. Tonight will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 51 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. As far as the weekend goes, Saturday will be breezy with a high near 73 degrees. Sunday’s high will be 68 degrees with a slight chance of showers Sunday night.

The Davenport Police Department will be conducting nighttime seat belt enforcement efforts this weekend. According to a Davenport Police Department news release, police will select locations with a high volume of on-coming traffic that is moving slowly or is stopped. A plains clothes spotter officer will be placed to look into vehicles to determine whether occupants are wearing a seat belt. The spotter officer will radio ahead to enforcement officers who will stop violators and issue the appropriate citations. The nighttime passenger vehicle occupant fatality rate is about three times higher than the daytime rate. Studies have identified a number of factors that are likely to contribute to lower seat belt use at night including:

• People who wear seat belts during the day may be less likely to buckle up at night because they know police are less likely to observe non-belt use at night.

• The demographics of nighttime drivers and passengers often differs significantly from daylight hours, with more of those who tend to engage in risk taking behaviors like speeding, impaired driving and non-use of seat belts.

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Flooding rivers

The Mississippi River in the Quad-Cities sits at 15.82 feet this morning.Here’s a look at other area river levels …

• Mississippi River at Muscatine, Iowa: 17.73 feet / flood stage is 16 feet

• Wapsipinicon River at DeWitt, Iowa: 11.06 feet / flood stage is 11 feet

• Rock River at Moline: 11.84 feet / flood stage is 12 feet

• Iowa River at Columbus Junction, Iowa: 18.18 feet / flood stage is 19 feet

• Iowa River at Wapello, Iowa: 20.7 feet / flood stage is 20 feet

• Cedar River near Conesville, Iowa: 12.2 feet / flood stage is 13 feet

Road closures

Spring weather brings with it area road closures for the Quad-Cities. Currently, there are more than two dozen projects affecting city and/or county roads in the region. Check the list before you head out this morning.

See news happening? Contact us

Stuck in traffic? See an accident or fire on your way to work? Drop us an e-mail at newsroom@qctimes.com or give us a call at (563) 383-2235 if you see breaking news such as house fires, traffic accidents and road conditions, street closures/detours and water main breaks in the Quad-City region.

Plot a pothole

Had your teeth rattled by a car-eating pothole? First, call the city where the pothole is located. Here are the phone numbers: Davenport: 326-7923; Bettendorf: 344-4088; Moline: 797-0425; Rock Island: 732-2200; East Moline: 752-1573. Then find out where the worst potholes are in the Quad-Cities on our pothole map.