ATLANTA (WRBL) — For the ninth year in a row, Georgia will join four other southeastern states in 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 in speeding-related crashes in Georgia increased by almost 35 percent over a five-year period. Speeding was a factor in one out of five traffic deaths in Georgia from 2019 to 2023…