‘That’s not a typo:’ Deputies clock driver at 172 MPH ahead of Memorial Day weekend

A metro Atlanta sheriff’s office is urging drivers to slow down this Memorial Day weekend after one deputy clocked a vehicle traveling over 100 miles per hour.

“172 MPH. That’s not a typo,” the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post.

The sheriff’s office said, at that speed, a driver can cover the length of a football field in well under a second, leaving almost no time to react to hazards or changing road conditions…

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