City officials in Atlanta have admitted that their enforcement of photo tickets issued as a result of red light traffic cameras, has ended. The cessation of the program was in part due to the city’s ignoring a 2009 law that mandated sending the second notice certified mail. Thus, it looks like for all intents and [...]
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Read this article about states making progress towards safer roadways, from the Emergency Nurses Association- Safest roads by state.
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The lanes — and speeds — on portions of Interstate 85 in north Coweta will soon be dropping. The Georgia Department of Transportation is shifting southbound traffic on I-85 starting at Exit 51/Sharpsburg-McCollum Road and extending to Exit 47/Bullsboro Drive beginning Feb. 8. This traffic shift was originally scheduled to take place this weekend, and [...]
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Motorists in Warner Robins may want to take a second look at those speed limit signs through neighborhoods they’ve traveled for years. That’s because speed limits have been reduced on several roads throughout the city, said Warner Robins police Lt. Todd Edwards, who heads the traffic division. Edwards announced the changes Wednesday to midstate news [...]
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It’s tragic to report, but fifteen of the twenty-two Georgia traffic fatalities from the 2006 Memorial Day holiday involved crash victims who weren’t wearing seatbelts. Heavy holiday traffic is expected again throughout Georgia as many motorists are already on the road to their vacation destinations for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend. That’s why law enforcement [...]
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Dalton Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit, along with the Patrol Division will step up its efforts in enforcing Georgia’s Seatbelt and Child Restraint laws, in conjunction with the nation wide “Click it or Ticket” campaign that will run from May 19-June 1. The first nationwide traffic enforcement campaign of the year will include the upcoming [...]
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If Georgia Department of Transportation employees could say one thing to the drivers who fly past their roadside work zones, it would be: “Slow down —it won’t kill you.” But, they’d add, you could get hurt. Commuters might be surprised to learn they are 85 percent more likely to be injured driving through a work [...]
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Jasper, Georgia – Seeking to cut the toll of teenage car crashes, Georgia lawmakers passed a law three years ago promising public money to jump-start driver’s education courses across the state. But so far the law’s promise of widespread driver’s education courses has rung hollow. Now the measure’s sponsor is having second thoughts and some [...]
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The new red light at Lairsey’s may have made travel safer there, but more adjustments to improve safety will be made there in coming months.Glenn Durrence, district engineer for the Georgia Department of Transportation’s (GDOT) Jesup office said last week he has recommended the “signal ahead” warning signs at the intersection be relocated. The yellow [...]
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You, like thousands of other metro Atlanta residents, are outraged. Speeding drivers cut through your neighborhood, ruining the tranquility of your community and threatening the safety of anyone on foot. Many drivers lack awareness of the deadly impact that driving five or ten mph over the limit can have on the people outside their vehicles. [...]
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