PBSO Joins Law Enforcement Agencies in OPERATION SOUTHERN SLOW DOWN

 PBSO is joining state and local law enforcement agencies in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee for a week-long high visibility enforcement and awareness campaign, to reduce fatalities and serious injuries by getting motorists to obey speed limits on roadways from local to interstate highways. This initiative is called “Operation Southern Slow Down” and will run from July 15, 2024, through July 20, 2024.

The purpose of Operation Southern Slow Down is to focus on the busy summertime travel period when injury and fatal crashes increase significantly. The high visibility enforcement and awareness campaign will work to reduce fatalities and serious injuries by having motorists obey speed limits.

The locations of the enforcement will include, but are not limited to: State Road 80, State Road 7, State Road 710, Okeechobee Boulevard, Northlake
Boulevard, Lake Worth Road, and Jog Road.  The times of the operation will be varied to include both evening and daytime hours.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), speeding has been a factor in nearly one-third of all traffic deaths in the United States.