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Operation Southern Slow Down Targeting Speeders in Georgia
SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, JUL 14 – The ninth annual campaign aims to reduce speeding-related crashes by targeting aggressive and impaired driving with over 62,000 citations issued last year across five Southern states.
- Operation Southern Slow Down is a seven-day multi-state campaign from July 14 to July 20 targeting speeders in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina.
- The campaign arises amid rising speeding-related traffic fatalities in Georgia, where 349 deaths occurred in 2023, marking a nearly 35% increase since 2019.
- Law enforcement agencies, including the Georgia State Patrol and local police, plan increased patrols, checkpoints, and public outreach to emphasize driving at safer speeds.
- During the previous year’s initiative in Georgia, law enforcement personnel handed out more than 12,500 citations and warnings—nearly 9,000 of which were for speeding—and apprehended 446 impaired drivers.
- Officials expect this campaign to improve roadway safety by discouraging speeding, with Georgia and neighboring states asserting that illegal driving behaviors will not be tolerated.
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(THSO) – This Monday, July 14, the Tennessee Highway Safety Administration (THSO) will launch “Operation Southern Slow Down,” a regional mobilization to strengthen enforcement against excessive speeding on highways. The initiative, which will run through July 18, 2025, includes the Tennessee Highway Patrol, the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, and the Memphis, Collierville, and Bartlett police departments.
South Carolina, Georgia highways under watch in statewide speeding crackdown
ATLANTA (WRBL) — For the ninth year in a row, five southeastern states will conduct a regional weeklong speed enforcement and awareness campaign. "Operation Southern Slow Down", which will run from July 14-20, will target speeding and aggressive driving on interstates and major highways in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the number of people killed …
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Peoria police joining other agencies to combat speeding
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