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Operation Rolling Thunder Comes to Bulloch County

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Dangerous drivers in Bulloch County are the target of the newest highway safety campaign from the Georgia Governor’s Office.



With sirens blaring and lights flashing, the Rolling Thunder Task Force cruised into Bulloch County Wednesday with a mission.




Tuquyen Mach


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By Tuquyen Mach
Reporter
Published: January 21, 2009
Dangerous drivers in Bulloch County are the target of the newest highway safety campaign from the Georgia Governor’s Office.
Officials say 14 people lost their lives on Bulloch County roads in the first nine months of 2008, a higher rate than other counties of similar size. That’s why authorities are stepping up efforts to make the roads there safer.
With sirens blaring and lights flashing, the Rolling Thunder Task Force cruised into Bulloch County Wednesday with a mission.
“Stop the number one public safety issue facing this state, and that is crash deaths on our roadways,“ says Bob Dallas, director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.
“These are more than numbers on a chart. These numbers actually represent lives. They’re our patients. They’re our friends, our families, our neighbors, our co-workers, and most tragically our children,“ says Lee Eckles, director of Bulloch County Emergency Medical Services.
Through a partnership between engineering, education, enforcement, and EMS, Operation Rolling Thunder is 90 days of increased enforcement in what officials call the Savannah-to-Macon “high crash corridor”.
“In my 30 years in law enforcement, this is the most successful initiative for law enforcement, because it doesn’t just concentrate on DUI’s. It doesn’t just concentrate on seat belts. It concentrates on all of them with a saturation of law enforcement,“ says Capt. Cliff Miller with the Georgia State Patrol.
Now they’re “passing the thunderbolt” to Bulloch County.
In addition to the Georgia State Patrol and authorities in Bulloch County, assistance for Operation Rolling Thunder will also come from local law enforcement agencies from surrounding counties, including Bryan, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, and Screven.
Authorities will be out in full force, cracking down on motorists across the area.
“High risk, illegal drivers, those that are driving under the influence, those that are speeding, super speeders, those that are unbelted,“ notes Statesboro Police Chief Stan York.
Seatbelts are a major focus of the campaign. Officials say of the 14 people who died last year in Bulloch County, only 3 of the victims were wearing seatbelts.
“If we only measurably reduce the fatality number by one, trust me, that is a very significant reduction,“ says Eckles.
The first-ever Operation Rolling Thunder was held in the Savannah-Chatham Metro area. Officials say traffic deaths went down 68 percent.

[MEM-TEK]

Interesting article. Yet I will say that GA's governor is an idiot. I'm not being political -- just stating a fact.

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Interesting article. Yet I will say that GA's governor is an idiot. I'm not being political -- just stating a fact.

No political discussion on the forum. Now Mem if you are a trained clinical Psychiatrist then that's another thing all together. But in defense of the Governor do you know any politician that's not an idiot?

[MEM-TEK]

No political discussion on the forum. Now Mem if you are a trained clinical Psychiatrist then that's another thing all together. But in defense of the Governor do you know any politician that's not an idiot?

Yep. Some are classified as morons -- a different category altogether!

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Yep. Some are classified as morons -- a different category altogether!

I can't argue that some are morons, actually most in my book. We may differ on what the criteria might be for that classification but in the end I bet we would agree most belong there.

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I'm a travel nurse and was in Statesboro and Claxton the other day. 2 of the girls I was working with got tickets , Hell, I got one in Schley Co. on the way over there.

I spent 2 days over there and didn't have one encounter...

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I'm a travel nurse and was in Statesboro and Claxton the other day. 2 of the girls I was working with got tickets , Hell, I got one in Schley Co. on the way over there.

I spent 2 days over there and didn't have one encounter...

With the girls or with the cops? Sorry, I just couldn't resist the perfect setup you provided.

But seriously, I've always heard that speeding enforcement is much more aggressive in the southern half of the state and especially in the more rural counties. Do you agree?

[srtga]

Well, no encounters with the girls but...

I have noticed that rural PD's set up a lot of speed traps but they aren't near as savvy as GSP. My RD always picks them up with plenty of time to react. Maybe they are using C/O which is bouncing off of everything.

I do get laser hits from GSP between Dublin and Savannah on I-16. I can always chase a rabbit in a benz or bimmer a half mile or so in front of me to take the heat though Friggin' hilarious...

I'm new to driving a lot so I'm learning. Heading to Augusta this evening...

I FEAR GSP VERY professional group.

[StlouisX50]

Well, no encounters with the girls but...

I have noticed that rural PD's set up a lot of speed traps but they aren't near as savvy as GSP. My RD always picks them up with plenty of time to react. Maybe they are using C/O which is bouncing off of everything.

I do get laser hits from GSP between Dublin and Savannah on I-16. I can always chase a rabbit in a benz or bimmer a half mile or so in front of me to take the heat though Friggin' hilarious...

I'm new to driving a lot so I'm learning. Heading to Augusta this evening...

I FEAR GSP VERY professional group.

Nice to see you on the board and thanks for reading my posts. Always makes me feel appreciated!