{"id":104277,"date":"2019-07-24T10:24:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T14:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104277"},"modified":"2019-08-15T12:01:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T16:01:06","slug":"madison-county-sheriffs-office-news-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=104277","title":{"rendered":"Madison County Sheriff\u2019s Office news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Mad-Co-Sheriffs-Dept.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Mad-Co-Sheriffs-Dept.jpg 221w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Mad-Co-Sheriffs-Dept-124x150.jpg 124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>MCSO launches enforcement blitz during statewide Speed Awareness Week Campaign, Aug. 1 through 7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Madison County Sheriff Todd Hood launched a speed\nenforcement blitz July 23, 2019, as part of Speed Awareness Week, a statewide\nenforcement campaign organized by the state Governor\u2019s Traffic Safety Committee.\nThe intensified enforcement effort against speeding drivers underscores the\nseverity of the problem, locally and across the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSpeeding translates to death on our roadways,\u201d Hood said. \u201cIt\ngreatly reduces a driver\u2019s ability to steer safely around another vehicle, a\nhazardous object or an unexpected curve. Speeding drivers put themselves, their\npassengers and other drivers at tremendous risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2017, speeding was a contributing factor in 26 percent of\nall traffic fatalities in the U.S. More than 9,700 people were killed in such\ncrashes, according to the latest data available from the U.S. Department of\nTransportation\u2019s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. According to\nthe NHTSA, three in 10 people speed. These drivers are also more likely to\nengage in other risky behaviors, such as not wearing a seat belt, drinking and\ndriving or using a cell phone while driving; 49 percent of speeding drivers\ninvolved in fatal crashes in 2017 were not wearing a seat belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In New York, NHTSA data shows that 31 percent of the state\u2019s\n999 traffic fatalities in 2017 were caused by speeding. Unfortunately, 308\npeople lost their lives in these preventable collisions. The number of fatal\ncrashes caused by unsafe speed increases in New York during the summer months,\nwith the highest totals coming in July, August and September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During Speed Awareness Week blitz from Aug. 1 through 7,\nenforcement of posted speed limits in Madison County will intensify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly half (152) of all speed-related traffic fatalities in\nNew York in 2017 occurred on local roads, where the posted speed limits were 55\nmiles per hour or under. According to NHTSA, a crash on a road with a speed\nlimit of 65 mph or greater is more than twice as likely to result in a fatality\nthan a crash on a road with a speed limit of 45 or 50 mph and nearly five times\nas likely as a crash on a road with a speed limit of 40 mph or below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Madison County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s goal is to save lives,\nso they are putting all drivers on alert: the posted speed limit is the law. No\nmore warnings, and no more excuses; obey the sign or pay the fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MCSO launches enforcement blitz during statewide Speed Awareness Week Campaign, Aug. 1 through 7 Madison County Sheriff Todd Hood launched a speed enforcement blitz July 23, 2019, as part of Speed Awareness Week, a statewide enforcement campaign organized by the state Governor\u2019s Traffic Safety Committee. 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