An anti- speeding campaign that aims to tackle speeding across Georgia and several Southern States ends on July 21. These types of campaigns are extremely important in the effort to reduce the number of auto accidents involving catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful deaths.
Operation Southern Slow Down included Georgia as well as a few neighboring states and involved additional enforcement against speeding drivers. The campaign started on July 15, and targeted both speeding as well as aggressive or rash drivers. The aim was to crack down on these drivers and pull them off the roads. This was the eighth such campaign that included Georgia and the other Southern States, and officials believed that this was the right time to remind drivers about the need to drive at safe speeds at all times.
The need to remind drivers of the risks of speeding is especially stronger during summer when there are far more motorists on the road and when everyone is in a hurry to get to their holiday destinations. Speeding is one of the biggest killers on American roads with more than 11,000 car accident wrongful deaths in 2022 directly linked to high speeds. The number of speeding-related car accidents in 2022 was a 25% increase from the numbers in 2018. Georgia continues to grapple with a large number of motorists who drive at high speeds putting themselves and other motorists at risk of serious personal injury or even death. In 2022, approximately 422 car accident wrongful deaths in Georgia were directly linked to speeding motorists. That was a significant 56% increase from the number of speeding-related auto accidents in 2018.
Car accident risks increase significantly during the months of July and August, and speeding simply exacerbates those crash risks. Make sure that you are driving at safe speeds. Leave home with plenty of time to reach your destination in order to avoid the temptation to drive at fast speeds. Monitor traffic alerts and avoid routes that have heavy traffic or leave with plenty of time to spare to compensate.
High-speed car accidents are typically high- impact car accidents that end with devastating personal injuries or wrongful deaths. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration encourages motorists to drive at safe speeds and to remember that your car can take a much longer time to come to a complete stop when you brake at high speeds. When your speed doubles, the amount of time needed for your car to come to a complete stop actually increases by four times. This summer, drive at safe speeds that are appropriate for the weather and traffic conditions in which you are driving.
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