Starting Aug 1, Georgia will launch a 30 day speeding ticket frenzy. The state estimates that 9 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets. 1 million will go to pay state troopers’ overtime. The rest to help with dwindling budgets. There will be 50 state troopers on duty at all times patrolling the 7 main intersections and highways.
They are the following:
I-20 east and west
I-75 north and south
I-85 north and south
I-675 north and south
GA-985 north and south
GA-316 east and west
GA-400 north and south
5 mph above the limit can justify a ticket and every state trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 to 20 minutes. They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Dodge Charger Police cruisers and are bringing in all of their part timers on full time. If you work in the Atlanta area, you will probably take one of these highways. It’s up to you how fast you are going when they clock you.
WSB and WXIA & CBS confirmed all of this. So be safe and don’t forget speeding tickets are on you.
Look for city and county governments to adopt similar polices in the near future.
COMMENTS
Wow. This is ridiculous. I was just telling my mother the other day that I never saw ANY cops pulling folks over for speeding when I lived in ATL. However, the policy they’re about to implement sounds exactly like what they do in my hometown, with the unmarked cars and all. And this is all to pay troopers’ overtime and help with the city budgets? How is this even legal?
05girl:Snopes.com is your friend. Both snopes and the AJC report this entire article is false.
Charis S.:this is CRAZY! I was just in ATL this weekend, and that 55 speed limit was KILLING me, OMG! But they are about to make a killing, because I know NO ONE was going that damn 55. And unmarked cars?! not cool AT ALL…wow! TROUBLE…TROUBLE!
Je'Tara:This is crazy. UGH Georgia is doing too much. It’s already hard trying to spot these cop cars. SMH they betta not bring it to Bama.
brownsugga305:They are doing the same thing here in florida.
nexgrl:It happens every month where I live. They also step up the highway patrol and DUI checkpoints every holiday weekend.
Melissa:This was a hoax. Thank God!