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Deputies To Target S.R. 54 Speeders Thursday

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SUNCOAST NEWS STAFF REPORT

Published: April 1, 2009

NEW PORT RICHEY - Pasco deputies will conduct Operation Speed Stop on Thursday. Aggressive drivers and speeders along S.R. 54 will be in their crosshairs.

The enforcement crackdown will start at 5:30 a.m. April 2, the Sheriff's Office announced.

Speed has played a part in many traffic crashes on the state highway, according to Sheriff's Office spokesman Kevin Doll. In 2008, there were 1,211 crashes resulting in 1,104 injuries and 14 deaths along the entire length of the major east-west route.

The "enhanced traffic enforcement" will concentrate on the section of S.R. 54 between Little Road and Interstate 75, Doll said in a press release.

The extra patrols will continue until about 4 p.m. Thursday.

Deputies in the motorcycle unit and the Sheriff's Aggressive Driving Offender Watch, or SHADOW, undercover patrol car program will be on the lookout for offenders.

Besides speeding violations, enforcement efforts during this operation will concentrate on careless driving, violation of right-of-way, red light running, following too closely and other traffic violations that are often a factor in traffic crashes, Doll noted.

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