Sheriff’s SAFE Team Targets Speeding On I-40
JCSO: Drivers Clocked At 114, 122 And 130 MPH
JOHNSTON COUNTY, N.C. – Three drivers were cited for excessive speeding during a Johnston County Sheriff’s Office traffic enforcement operation over the weekend, including one motorist who was clocked at 130 mph.
The Sheriff’s Office S.A.F.E. Team conducted traffic safety operations on Interstate 40 and in the McGee’s Crossroads community.
Deputies reported stopping one driver traveling 114 mph in a 70 mph zone. That driver was also charged with driving while impaired.
A second motorist was cited after being clocked at 122 mph in a 70 mph zone, while a third was traveling 130 mph in a 70 mph zone, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff Steve Bizzell said deputies will continue conducting traffic enforcement throughout Johnston County.
“Our Deputies will continue patrolling our county roadways and conducting regular safety enforcements to protect all Johnston County citizens and all motorists,” Bizzell said. “Please slow down, stay alert, and never drive impaired!”
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Just ripping along in and out of traffic at 120+ with no one else around them tempting them to do it?
Thank you. We need more enforcement. Those speeds are brutal.
👍 great job officers
They could write tickets like that every day on I-42/NC70 (whichever it is now) between Wilson Mills and the 40 interchange in the mornings between 7 and 8 and the afternoons between 4 and 6. I see cars every day going WAY over 75 miles per hour, weaving in and out of traffic, and even passing on the shoulder of the road. My dash camera gets it all. It is getting more and more dangerous. I think most of them learned to drive playing GTA. They have no regard for others.
This illegal and dangerous behavior is often the result of road rage triggered by people continually blocking the left lane by staying alongside slow vehicles in the right lane. It’s too bad there isn’t a law against this. If only there were signs saying Keep Right Except to Pass. Courtesy instead of passive-aggressive road blocking would do a lot to reduce the recklessness.