If you think some people were driving fast on the freeway during the Labor Day weekend, you are right.
A trooper from the Canton post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol cited a motorist for going 101 mph in a posted 55 mph zone on Interstate 77 in Canton over the holiday weekend.
The patrol posted a photo of the vehicle stop on the its Facebook page .
The patrol also said a trooper from the Marietta post recently cited a juvenile for driving 125 mph in a posted 70 mph zone on I-77 in Washington County. So far this year, there have been 21,630 teen-related crashes on Ohio’s roadways; speed was a factor in 3,180 of them.
Meanwhile, troopers from the Mount Gilead post issued citations to motorists for 113 mph in a 70 mph zone, and 94 mph in a 55 mph zone.
The patrol ended its social media posts with “#SlowDown.”
Over the Labor Day reporting period, troopers issued 140 citations to motorists for traveling 20 mph or more over the posted speed limit.
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