‘Operation Southern Slow Down’ starts in Georgia, 4 other states

Key Points:

• "Operation Southern Slow Down," a multi-state speed enforcement campaign involving Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, begins Monday and runs through July 19 to reduce speeding and reckless driving during the summer travel season.
• The initiative, now in its ninth year, focuses on preventing crashes and saving lives by encouraging safer driving speeds rather than primarily issuing tickets.
• In 2025, over 490 law enforcement agencies in the participating states issued nearly 53,000 citations and warnings for speeding, along with thousands more for DUI, reckless driving, and distracted driving violations.
• Georgia law enforcement made over 13,290 speeding contacts, 501 DUI arrests, and issued thousands of citations for hands-free law and seat belt violations during last year’s campaign.
• Speeding remains a major factor in traffic fatalities, with nearly 30% of national traffic deaths in 2024 involving speeding and speed contributing to one in five fatal crashes in Georgia between 2020 and 2024.