It's a right wing plot to stop socialism one car at a time. Sneaky isn't it?

I just sent that e-mail and what did I get back? An automated e-mail response from Betsy Tyler stating that she would not be back in the office until 05/11/09. Yippy. I can sit and wait on city hall. Nothing new in PTC!

Betsy is probably out for medical reasons.

Send your email to dhaddix@peachtree-city.org. I will forward appropriately.

Don Haddix
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That is a creepy picture. Got anything less posed?

Blah, Blah, Blah

So is Doug right Mr. Haddox? Your answer sounded like the ticket writing is going way up.

I hope this isn't a way to plug the budget shortfall.

Vote Republican

So is Doug right Mr. Haddox? Your answer sounded like the ticket writing is going way up.

I hope this isn't a way to plug the budget shortfall.

Vote Republican

Ticket fees are placed into the General Fund here in PTC. That appears to be where the budget short fall is.

Already stated there is NO effort to use tickets as revenue generators.

I didn't like it when Tyrone was a well known speed trap before 74 was extended and would have zero tolerance for it here.

Most tickets issues are warning tickets, not fines.

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need to be issued, and big ones! I'm a professional driver, and I'm also a father of two, including a six year old. I find the behavior appalling along 74. There are way too many scofflaws out there and they pose a threat to law abiding and considerate drivers. I can't tell you how many times I've been cut off, with my child in the car, by an angry speeder who thought my adherence to posted speed limits was a personal affront to his/her sensibilities. Tailgaiting slower vehicles is standard, and even though I stay to the right and obey posted speed limits, occasionally I have to pass a slower vehicle. That's when the highly aggressive speeders, who routinely exceed the posted limit by 20+ miles per hour, choose to vent their frustration by roaring up to within 2-3 feet of my back bumper, riding there until I pass the vehicle to my right-and actually get closer if I take too long- then speed away at some multiple of the posted speed limit. That scenario occurs daily. As an added bonus, some particularly obnoxious individuals will make an obscene gesture, berate me for daring to delay them through closed windows, or sharply dart in front of my vehicle and slam on their brakes just to let me know what A$$HOLES they are.
I don't mind the speeders too much, but can the cops be just a little more observant when it comes to aggressive driving?
"All I ask for is a little common sense. Apparently that's too much to ask for."

And I have no excuse for folks flipping you off/tailgating etc...BUT if you are passing another vehicle, get on with it. No need to drive 55 to pass a car going 54 (just stay behind said vehicle instead of blocking up more traffic). Speed up a little, make the pass, then get back in the right lane, and resume a speed you are comfortable with.

That said, I prefer taking the golf cart to Partners.

when they come up behind you and behave the same way that you just described. I have our local cops do the same to me on several occasions, I'm doing the speed limit and they come roaring up behind you and tailgate you with-in 3-4 feet and then turn off and speed down the road. As long as our local police officers are allowed to act this way how can we ask them to stop others from doing it. Don't get me wrong I completely agree with you on this one.

Obama's weapon of Choice!

I do not like speed traps. I do not like people endangering others on the road or jamming up traffic by blocking the left lane illegally, in example.

Excessively fast and excessively slow are both dangerous, just for different reasons.

I will support the police for issuing needed tickets, but not as revenue generators.

Sometimes the police are on silent run for good reason.

But when not they are just like every other car on the road as regards the law.

I drove 74, including through Tyrone, for 20 years. I have experienced many of the annoyances mentioned many times.

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Ok, you don't like speed traps, but what I asked is whether the issuance of speeding tickets has increased sharply.

For some reason, it looks like you're beating around the bush on this one which is unlike your normal shoot-straight style.

Please just give us the stats January to March 2008 vs. January to March 2009. Don't you have access to this kind of information?

I know the speeding tickets issued on Highway 74 alone have got to be double at least. If 2009 is much higher than 2008, I've got to assume it's to make up for holes in your budget.

You can print the stats in this blog, right? It should be public information.

Why the worry? How many tickets have you gotten?

"I do not like people endangering others on the road or jamming up traffic by blocking the left lane illegally, in example."
"Excessively fast and excessively slow are both dangerous, just for different reasons."
What part of "obeying the posted speed limit" did you misunderstand, Councilman? Shall I take this comment as your blessing to exceed the posted speed limit? I brought this up as a matter of enforcement of the law, not to debate the safety of the speed limits. Hey, here's an idea; how about favoring the motorists along 74 with a little less radar gunning and a little more simple observation for aggressive and unsafe driving. Perhaps the police could issue warnings to those who find it necessary to slow to 10 miles per hour less than the posted limit whenever the police are running in the open? That's also pretty unsafe.

"All I ask for is a little common sense. Apparently that's too much to ask for."

No, I do not endorse speeding.

So, I will take one more shot at clarifying my position.

Breaking the law is breaking the law. Period. That is as clear as I can make it.

Going 57 in a 55, in example, is not unsafe, but it is illegal.

As for going slow enough to impede traffic, that is illegal as well.
Georgia Motor Code 40-6-184
No person shall drive a motor vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation.

As for those who live in the left lane, there is a proposed law that states if going slower than the flow of traffic, you cannot be in the left lane. And yes, that means even if the flow is above the speed limit.

I agree on common sense. You are right. But that includes no need to be in the left lane if not passing or clogging up traffic by driving well below the flow of traffic, which is dangerous.

I hope that finally clarifies my position. If it does not I don't know what else to say.

Obey the traffic laws. All of them.

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Don't know how much clearer you can be, if anybody cared to look there are signs all up and down the road that states Slower Traffic Stay Right. You just have to pay attention and read!

Obama's weapon of Choice!

generates more $$$ per hour. It's MUCH easier to make stick than other tickets.