>> THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 9 GETTING hashbrowns and buttermilk RESULTS.
>> SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE’VE HAD
34 FATALITIES THE SAME TIME
LAST YEAR. WE WERE AT 28
CRASHES ARE AVOIDABLE. LET’S
SLOW DOWN. LET’S BE MINDFUL.
SO EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO
GO HOME.
>> BRIDGETT: THIS WEEK LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE
TEAMING UP TO GET RESULTS ON
THE ROAD, TELLING DRIVERS TO
SLOW DOWN AND BE MINDFUL OF
YOUR SPEED.
>> CANDACE: FLORIDA IS ONE OF
THE 5 STATES PARTICIPATING IN
OPERATION SOUTHERN SLOWDOWN.
AND THIS WEEK TO RECEIVE IS
JOINING US NOW. AND STEVE,
THERE’S BEEN A NOTICEABLE
JUMP, NOT JUST A SPEEDING, BUT
ALSO DRIVERS KIND OF HITTING
TRIPLE DIGITS. NOT
TEMPERATURES. NO, NOT THE
TEMPERATURE THING. YOU’RE
RIGHT. IT’S A FAIRLY
INTERESTING. SO TALKING WITH
MULTIPLE AGENCIES FROM ALL
ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA SAW
RIGHT THERE. THAT WAS THAT A
JURY GOOGLE US WITH THE HIGH
WITH ORLANDO POLICE DEPARTMENT
THERE AT A JOINT TASK FORCE
ALL THE WAY UP TO DAYTONA. SO
THIS IS UNJUST.
>> ONE AGENCY PROBLEM OF
MULTIPLE AGENCIES ARE SEEING
PEOPLE ALL ACROSS CENTRAL
FLORIDA TRIPLE DIGITS SPEEDS.
WE’RE TALKING ONE. 0, 5, 1, 0,
6 OUT THERE ON ROADWAYS THAT
IT’S RIDICULOUS. EVEN SEE
THESE KIND OF SPEECH ON. YEAH,
I NOTICED THAT THIS MORNING,
SOME EXTRA ENFORCEMENT, YOU A
COMMON ROUTE. YOU’RE GOING TO
SEE MORE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT
NOW. ABSOLUTELY. AND THERE
DOES HIT AN ALL THE SPOTS. SO
>> THE AREAS WHERE YOU THINK
YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH YOU MAY
WANT TO DOUBLE CHECK ON YOUR
WAY HOME BECAUSE IN THE AREAS
WHERE THEY HAVE SEEN THE
SPEEDS THEY’RE GOING TO START.
I PROBABLY INTENTIONALLY
WATCHING THOSE AREAS RATHER
THAN JUST PROACTIVELY JUST
DRIVING OUT AND ABOUT TODAY,
THERE WAS A SHERIFF IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO
WALKING SPEED. SO AND THERE
THERE THERE A NERVOUS WAIT,
WHAT DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE
GOING SO FAST?
>> STEVE: SO IS THIS SOMETHING
THAT YOU’RE SEEING IN OF ALL
THEY’RE GOING FASTER AND
FASTER? I MEAN, WHAT IS IT SO
OPERATION SLOWDOWN HAS BEEN IN
EFFECT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME IT’S
DONE THIS. HOWEVER, THE
PANDEMIC PUT A BIG BIG KIND OF
SQUISHY A LOT OF ENFORCEMENT
EFFORTS. NOW, I DON’T LIKE
PLAYING BLAMING THE PANDEMIC
FOR EVERYTHING, BUT THIS DID
HAVE AN EFFECT ON PEOPLE’S
DRIVING BEHAVIORS. SO A LOT OF
PEOPLE ARE STUCK INSIDE FOR A
REALLY LONG TIME. AND NOW
THEY’RE HITTING THE ROADS
AGAIN. BUT WHAT ARE WE SEEING?
AGAIN, WE’RE SEEING AN INFLUX
IN FATAL CRASHES EVERY OTHER
DAY. WE’RE REPORTING ABOUT
STUFF LIKE THIS WRONG-WAY
DRIVER. SO I’M LOOKING AT THIS
IS KIND OF THE REALITY CHECK
LET’S BRING IT BACK. LET’S
REMIND OURSELVES, HEY, IT’S
GOING TO COST TO NOT IN
TICKETS AND POINTS, BUT IT CAN
COST YOU IN INJURIES AND
INSURANCE AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO I DO THINK THAT’S WHY
THEY’RE COMING OUT IN FULL
FORCE. AND WHEN I MEAN FULL
FORCE, YOU MAY HAVE MUSTANG 5
PULLING UP BEHIND YOU LIGHT
YOU UP. SO YOU GOT TO WATCH
OUT WHEN YOU’RE OUT THERE AND
THIS IS GOOD TIMING BECAUSE
WE’RE A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM
SCHOOL GETTING BACK INTO
SESSION. AND SO LET’S GO AHEAD
AND START THINKING ABOUT
REALLY, YOU KNOW, RAMPING UP
ON OUR SAFETY. ABSOLUTELY.
WE’RE WE’RE ALL THE EVENTS ARE
STARTING TO COME BACK INTO
PLAY. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE
THESE BACKPACK EVENTS AND ALL
THOSE THINGS, WHICH MEANS,
HEY, SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY
AGAIN. SO WE’RE GOING START
SEEING KIDS HIT THE ALONG THE
SIDEWALKS. AND THIS IS A GOOD
REMINDER, MAYBE TALK TO YOUR
STUDENT DRIVER THAT IS GETTING
READY TO HIT THE ROAD THAT
THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST TIME
WHERE THEY ARE DRIVING TO
SCHOOL. YOU DON’T WANT THEM
THEIR FIRST TIME DRIVING TO
SCHOOL, GETTING A TICKET BY
SOME BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THAT’S OUT THERE. AND
SO WHEN WE SAY OPERATION SLOW
DOWN, YOU MAY START TO SEE
OTHER AGENCIES THAT NORMALLY
MIGHT NOT DO TRAFFIC
ENFORCEMENT OUT THERE. FOR
EXAMPLE, FISH AND WILDLIFE
FWC. THEY WERE OUT ON THE
TURNPIKE YESTERDAY. I WAS
LIKE, WHOA, ARE YOU GUYS DOING
OUT HERE? SO GOT TO BE KIND OF
MINDFUL OF ALL SORT OF
AGENCIES TO INCLUDE ALL SORTS
OF VEHICLES TO BECAUSE YOU
NEVER KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO
LIGHT UP AND BLUE RED AND
PEOPLE REMEMBER WHEN IT HITS
YOUR WALLET. SO WHAT’S THE
KIND OF THE PRICE RANGE OF A
TICKET? WHEN DOES IT GET TO
THAT POINT? I SHOULD GO TO TO
JAIL, OK, JAIL. WE’RE GOING
TRIPLE DIGIT. ANYTHING IT GETS
INTERESTING 30 OR MORE. YOU’RE
GOING TO START TO SEE A
SUBPOENA WHERE YOU’D HAVE TO
BE REQUIRED OR WHAT WE CALL A
SUMMONS. YOU BE REQUIRED TO
SHOW UP IN COURT. NOW, I’M NOT
GOING PUT A PRICE ON THERE
BECAUSE THAT’S THE JUDGE’S JOB
THAT’S A BIG TICKET. SO YOUR
AVERAGE MOVING VIOLATION IS
ANYWHERE FROM $16266.3. POINTS
ON YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE. OF
COURSE, THOSE NON MOVING
TICKETS ABOUT ONE 14, BUT
YOU’RE SPEEDING TICKETS. START
AT $131.3 POINT MINIMUM. ONCE
YOU BREAK THE 20 OVER 4 POINTS
ON YOUR DRIVER’S LICENSE AND
IT GOES UP FROM THERE. SO 50
AND OVER. WE CAN KEEP GOING
$1000. PLUS EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WHEN WE SAY THAT THEY’RE
TARGETING EVERYTHING, THEY ARE
TARGETING LITERALLY ALL
VIOLATIONS OUT THERE. THEY’RE
NOT TOLERATING ANYTHING SO ANY
AND MAKE SURE YOU’RE ONLY
USING YOUR TURNING SIGNAL,
YOU’RE TRAPPED. YOUR
HEADLIGHTS ARE ON YOUR
FOLLOWING FROM A SAFE DISTANCE
OUT THERE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW
THAT DRIVING TOO CLOSELY AS A
LEAD, TOO MANY CRASHES OUT
THERE THAT NEED TO HAPPEN. SO
AT THE END OF THE DAY, MAYBE
READ OVER YOUR DRIVE MANUAL
BEFORE YOU HIT THE ROAD HERE
DURING THIS ENFORCEMENT
BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING TO GET
YOU.
>> AND WE YES, DORY ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, THE DRIVING SIMULATORS
THAT ARE YET TO DEVELOP NOW.
AND I THINK THAT WILL BE