Highway Ticket Alert!

Starting August 1, Georgia will launch a 30-day speeding ticket frenzy. The state estimates that $9 million will be generated in speeding tickets, with $1 million going towards state troopers' overtime. The rest is to help dwindling municipal budgets. There will be 50 state troopers on duty at all times patrolling the 7 main intersections and highways. They are the following:

I-20 east and west

I-75 north and south

I-85 north and south

I-675 north and south

GA-985 north and south

GA-316 east and west

GA-400 north and south

5 mph above the limit will result in a ticket and every state trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 to 20 minutes. They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Dodge Charger Police cruisers and are bringing in all of their part timers on full time. If you work in the Atlanta area, you will probably take one of these highways. It's up to you how fast you are going when they clock you.

Look for city and county governments to adopt similar polices in the near future.