FHP and FDOT announce 'Operation Southern Slow Down'

Preliminary data from the state in 2022 shows more than 13,296 Florida crashes involved speeding or driving too fast for conditions.

  • By Observer Staff
  • | 8:00 a.m. July 18, 2023
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and its division of the Florida Highway Patrol, in collaboration with the Florida Department of Transportation, announced the kick-off of “Operation Southern Slow Down." Courtesy photo
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and its division of the Florida Highway Patrol, in collaboration with the Florida Department of Transportation, announced the kick-off of “Operation Southern Slow Down." Courtesy photo
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The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Florida Highway Patrol and Florida Department of Transportation are taking part in a multistate speed enforcement campaign that began July 17. 

The campaign, called “Operation Southern Slow Down,” is held in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the states of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, according to a press release from FDOT.

FHP will focus on detecting and citing drivers for speeding on Florida's interstates.

Speeding contributed to 10.5 % of all crash fatalities statewide in 2022, resulting in more than 368 deaths, according to the press release.


 

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