Besides drunk driving, speeding has often been cited as a reason for many traffic accidents. Beginning next week, Florida is joining forces with several other states in ramping up its efforts to target speeding drivers that are recklessly putting the lives of others at risk.
Dubbed “Operation Southern Shield” Florida is joining states like its neighbor Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee to spot interstate drivers that are driving well beyond the posted speed limits. Per the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, speeding has played a role in close to one-third of all traffic fatalities in the United States over the last two decades. In 2017, more than 9,500 people lost their lives to due to speeding, which accounted for about 26 percent of traffic fatalities that year nationwide.
The goal of Operation Southern Shield isn’t so much for law enforcement officers to dish out an extra number of tickets as it is to educate drivers on how speeding can dramatically amplify the risk of being involved in a crash. Besides increasing the odds of serious injury or a fatality, speeding also reduces the effects of a vehicle’s safety equipment.
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