Virginia Weekend Safety Blitz Nabs Thousands of Drivers

October 18, 2007

An operation by Virginia State Police last weekend to promote traffic safety yielded more than 6,000 summonses and arrests statewide on Interstates 95 and 81.

Officials say there were no traffic fatalities during Operation Air, Land and Speed.

Along Interstate 81, about 1,765 speeders were stopped and authorities cited 303 reckless drivers. On Interstate 95, state police pulled over more than 1,500 drivers for speeding and issued almost 540 summonses for reckless driving.

Between the two interstates, 10 drunken drivers were taken off the road and authorities made 38 drug and felony arrests.

State Police Superintendent Colonel Steven Flaherty says motorists need to take responsibility for their behaviors on the road.

Topics Personal Auto Virginia

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  • October 19, 2007 at 10:48 am
    Jack says:
    The simple fact is that society will never prevent 100% of drunk driving regardless of all the weekend blitzes the police do and all the clamoring MADD does. It's unfortunate ... read more
  • October 19, 2007 at 10:10 am
    lastbat says:
    It does seem that ML and James seem to be promoting drunk driving. I don't get why they are so against MADD. I've seen the same stuff in many posts - "MADD lies! They want ... read more
  • October 18, 2007 at 4:02 am
    Nancy says:
    James and MADD LIES probably hate MADD because they have been pulled over and arrested for DUI's on multiple occasions. Drunk driving is a serious issue and people like James ... read more

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