Everybody Speeds: Memphis-area tickets are down, but traffic deaths are up
An individual is detained in a squad car after a traffic stop during the Memphis Police Department’s Code Zero Operation on Dec. 22, 2024. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The reports are anecdotal but alarming: Everyone in the Memphis area, it seems, has seen cars blow past them on the interstate as well as surface streets, colorful blurs with speeds approaching the outrageous.
Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. has seen what some might call extreme speeding, including a recent Saturday morning when he was in his personal vehicle and heading west on Humphreys Boulevard.
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Jody Callahan
Jody Callahan graduated with degrees in journalism and economics from what is now known as the University of Memphis. He has covered news in Memphis for more than 25 years.
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