Traffic Safety Operation on Tuesday Results in Citations and Arrests

IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE TRAFFIC CRASHES AND FATALITIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM THE COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, MAURY COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, SPRING HILL POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE TENNESSEE HIGHWAY PATROL WORKED TOGETHER ON TUESDAY TO CONDUCT A HIGH VISIBILITY, DIRECTED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT ON NASHVILLE HIGHWAY. IN 3 HOURS OVER 70 TRAFFIC STOPS WERE CONDUCTED ON NASHVILLE HIGHWAY WITH MULTI CITATIONS AND ARRESTS BEING MADE. SOME OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT OFFICERS ENCOUNTERED WERE SPEEDING, DISTRACTED DRIVING, SEATBELT VIOLATIONS, MOVE-OVER LAW, AND DRIVING ON REVOKED/SUSPENDED DRIVER’S LICENSE. TRAFFIC SAFETY OPERATIONS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SCHOOL ZONES AND IN HIGH VEHICLE CRASH RATE AREAS WILL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE.

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