REIDSVILLE, NC (WFMY) - If you're driving on Freeway Drive in the coming weeks, you may want to watch your speed.
The Reidsville Police Department and the North Carolina State Highway Patrol are trying to crack down on speeding and crashes on the busy Reidsville road, which doubles as Highway 29 Business.
Starting next week, both agencies are starting a speed enforcement operation in high traffic areas of the road notorious for speeding and accidents.
“In 2017, 37% of all speeding violations were written on Freeway Drive," said Sergeant James Bayne. "When we pulled the crash reports from 2013 to present, we found that the top three intersections with the most crashes all fell on Freeway Drive: Freeway and McCoy, Freeway and Moss, and Freeway and Vance.”
The agencies will start enforcement on July 26. The effort will last into August.
“This operation is a result to the increasing numbers of crashes and the high volume of speeders along Freeway Drive,” said Reidsville Chief of Police Robert Hassell.
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