SPEEDERS BEWARE! THE HEAT IS ON !
This Is A
SUMMER“pre-HEAT”ADVISORY:
(Atlanta) Today, the Governor’sOffice of Highway Safety announced a day-long crack-down against motorcycle speeders around South Metro Atlanta Interstates and secondary highways as a preview to the 100 Days of Summer HEAT speed and aggressive driving campaign that officially kicks off Monday, May 23, 2005. This was the first time this Summer that local law enforcement agencies in Atlanta and FultonCounty joined logistically to turn-up the HEAT and to target drivers who speed, tailgate, run red-lights and make illegal lane changes.
This Sunday “pre-HEAT” was focused specifically on drivers who displayed high-speed, high-risk behaviors on motorcycles. “If it runs on wheels and speedswe’re encouraging Georgia law enforcement to pull it over and write tickets this Summer,” said Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Director Bob Dallas. “One of our goals is to modify the bad behavior of any driver who thinks they can’t be stopped unless they’re hitting speeds of eighty or better.”
Themotorcycle HEAT crackdown was conducted with assistance from aviation, communication and K-9 Units from state, federal and metro police agencies. “Pre-HEAT” ran road checks and concentrated patrols on I-85, I-75, I-20, and I-285 and around secondary corridors in the Old National Highway and Flat Shoals areas of SouthFultonCounty.
The Sunday HEAT crackdown deployed law enforcement officers from the GeorgiaState Patrol..police departments in Atlanta, FultonCounty, ClaytonCounty, College Park and Union City.. and sheriff’s offices in FultonCounty and FayetteCounty.. with logistical support from the FBI, GBI and Rural/Metro Ambulance.
During the eight-hour motorcycle enforcement initiative ninety officers from ten agencies wroteseventy-seven speeding citations and thirty-six license violations, arrested four DUI’s, and towed nineteen vehicles.Officers also arrested nine fugitives, seized two firearms, made two felony drug cases and recovered a stolen vehicle.
“The latest data shows unsafe and illegal speed rank among the top three causes of fatality crashes in Georgia,” said GOHS Director Bob Dallas. “These tough enforcement measures are designed to prevent crashes and save lives. Today is just the HEAT preview for 2005. Measures like these will be repeated all over Georgia this Summer and will be saving lives in the community where you drive.”
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Sonny Perdue, Governor Robert F. Dallas, Director