Beginning July 15–21, 2024, the states of Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee will participate in the eighth annual “Operation Southern Slowdown” campaign.
Highway patrol agencies will launch a week-long campaign to educate people about speeding, enforce speed limits, and start on Monday.
State and local police enforcement agencies from all five of the states will have a number of press conferences to start the week, according to the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.
“Crash data shows speeding is a growing problem in our nation but team efforts like ‘Operation Southern Slow Down’ will help put the brakes on this dangerous behavior that threatens the safety of everyone traveling on our highways and roads,” Allen Poole, Director of the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety stated. “State troopers and local law enforcement officers enforce speed limits to save lives and drivers can help make sure they and everyone traveling on the road safely reach their destination by slowing down, buckling up and keeping their focus on the road at all times.”
For individuals who are commuting on highways where drivers are speeding:
- Give room to drivers who are speeding.
- Give way to drivers who are following too closely if they are speeding.
- If the far-left lane isn’t passing another car, stay out of it.
- Use a seat belt at all times.
