City vows crackdown on speeders

City vows crackdown on speeders

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Thursday, May 6. 2010

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Due to multiple citizen complaints, Barnesville police chief Chuck Keadle has announced a 'zero tolerance' policy for those violating speed limits in the city.

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#1 Denise Therriault on 05/06/10 at 11:57 AM

I am glad that we are going to enforce the law on all citizens including officials who need to show example.

#2 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 12:22 PM

ESPECIALLY ONES THAT RUN RED LIGHTS AND CAUSE WRECKS.PLEASE SET AN EXAMPLE LAW ENFORCEMENT

#3 Where's the money!!!!! on 05/06/10 at 12:36 PM

Citizens complaints.......Ha!Ha!

It's all about the money!!!!!!

Budget shortfalls!!!!!

Remeber 45 on 41!! (45 mph on hwy 41)

#4 Mrs. Eunice Hopkins on 05/06/10 at 01:27 PM

AMEN! Those city officers almost ran me off the other day. It scared me so bad I had to use the bathroom when I got home. SLOW DOWN POLICE!

#5 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 01:33 PM

Will they try to be another Griffin?

Remember, must be more than 10 MPH over, radar operator must be seen 500 or more feet, must be in a properly marked unit, etc. etc.

#6 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 01:34 PM

Real message:

The City of Barnesville needs to raise its revenues so they will be handing out more tickets.

#7 F.L.E. on 05/06/10 at 01:35 PM

n"Zero tolerance"??

So is the Barnesville police department going to violate state law governing how and when speed detection devices may and may not be employed? There are many tolerances built in.

Besides, "Zero tolerance" equates to "Zero common sense".

Just do your job, and quit grandstanding.

#8 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 01:59 PM

Just sit in the middle of T-street after 9pm and you will catch people driving 65 in a 35 all night long.

#9 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 02:47 PM

We could make up the shortfall in the budget just on those tickets alone. Never do you see anybody get stopped when they fly down that street!

#10 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 03:18 PM

THERE IS NO 10MPH OVER LAW. IF YOU GO OVER 1MPH YOU CAN BE TICKETED.

#11 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 03:59 PM

Here come the whiners....seems to me the police are damned if they do damned if they dont. Let me let you cry babies in on a big secret....dont speed and you wont get a ticket. I know its rocket science but maybe some of you can understand the concept.

#12 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 04:03 PM

Why dont yall complain to Kenny Roberts and the Chief of Police? The city needs to hire more officers. You know with only two officers working at night, there is only so much they can do. If they are on calls, which im sure they get a lot of, they dont have time to sit and watch for people speeding down Thomaston street.

#13 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 04:06 PM

only by a state officer, or in a school or hospital zone,,,

#14 pool on 05/06/10 at 04:20 PM

they should change the speed limit on yatesville rd to 55 mph most people do well over 45 mph anyways

#15 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 05:01 PM

nah, they can't...it's their speed trap..

#16 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 06:20 PM

Must be "More than 10 MPH over posted speed" for the city police to legally stop you on radar/laser, that is the law.

#17 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 06:59 PM

I have never seen that officer in town, he must be new. He is cute, lets hire more like him and i will speed just to get caught

#18 Anonymous on 05/06/10 at 08:53 PM

I hope they post a car on Zebulon street. It's a 30mph zone with over a dozen kids living along the three blocks between the train tracks and the cemetary, but too many drivers use it as a drag strip. The same could be said of Elm Street.

#19 Concerned Mother on 05/06/10 at 10:05 PM

What needs to be down is someone needs to stop the high school kids from speeding through the Town of Aldora. It's just crazy. There are many kids and elderly that live in that area. Someone is going to get seriously hurt. Last I checked the signs posted in that neighborhood says, "No through traffic"

#20 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 02:47 AM

Im glad some of you have a little knowlege about the 10mph cushion if you will. Some people are just ignorant to laws. I try to do research on things that I could be affected by such as slipping up and running a few mph over the speed limit. Some people would just pay the ticket and go on but some wont. If its a law then so be it. They should know they cant write a ticket for less that 10mph but im sure it will be done. Maybe Walter needs to start a topic on that. No speeder shall be issued a ticket for less than 10mph unless...........
This is informing the public so why cant it be done. The city and/or county WILL try to pull a fast one on the people.

#21 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 05:17 AM

Definition of Crackdown: An act or example of forceful regulation, repression, or restraint.

Yep, that sounds like the Barnesville PD. I think it's funny that the Barnesville PD wants to crack down on speeeding, when they should be cracking down on more important things than someone going 47 in a 45 zone.

#22 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 05:36 AM

They need to watch the road going down into the rec center on gordon rd.I have seen people going 50 or better going up and down that road. Also watch Bradley Cir.Its like a race track. they start at the end and see how fast they can go before its time to hit the brakes for the stop sign

#23 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 07:52 AM

I would like to see a crackdown on people driving around on golf carts with babies and children who are not restrained in car seats. This is ridiculously dangerous, especially considering how some of the golf carting fools drive their carts. If anyone hit one of those carts, infants and young children would likely be fatally injured.

#24 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 09:01 AM

Why do they have to "crack down" on something they should have been doing all the time? It is their job to enforce the law, are they admitting they have not been doing their job? Try to set a good example also BPD by obeying the law also. People lose a lot of respect when they see BPD officers speeding,,,

#25 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 09:48 AM

They can write a whole book over MLK bypass and Gordon rd. I call it The Barnesville Speedway!

#26 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 09:51 AM

Need to get those guys on those crotch rockets!

#27 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 10:09 AM

If you are caught speeding in a residential area they can ticket you for going one mile over the posted speed limit.

#28 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 10:10 AM

Where do you get your info? I dont think that is correct.

#29 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 10:13 AM

Don't use that "law" if stopped by State Patrol, they are NOT governed by it. One mile over and they got you!

#30 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 01:34 PM

Prove it!

#31 More than 10 on 05/07/10 at 02:58 PM

Thats easy-

http://law.justia.com/georgia/codes/40/40-14-8.html

How about, police officers can't just use radar to issue tickets wherever they want to, each particular portion of road that the radar is used on must be certified by the state before a conviction may be had on it, and signs must be posted stating that-

http://law.justia.com/georgia/codes/40/40-14-6.html

Must be more than 300 feet from a change in speed limits-

http://law.justia.com/georgia/codes/40/40-14-9.html

Educate yourself, instead of stating "I don't think..." then being proven wrong.

#32 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 03:00 PM

But they won't. They have policies they go by as well.

Regardless, it doesn't get reported to the state to go on your license until you are 15 or more over anyway.

#33 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 03:10 PM

Thats not a Barnesville officer in the photo

#34 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 03:17 PM

Ijust want to know how two cops is suppose to catch speeder, answer911 calls, control the club and huddle house and walke around town making sure doors are locked and still patrol my neighbor and rec.

#35 Boomhauer on 05/07/10 at 03:39 PM

If they really wanted to be tough, they'd mosey on over to the dang Buggytown carwash and bust some drug dealers. They sit over there with their loud music, just smokin it up, right down the street from them. I know the cops/fire dept. can hear it; probably smell it too. Yet, nothing gets done.

#36 M.S. on 05/07/10 at 06:16 PM

Yep. I don't see how they get away with it. I guess it would be profiling to go check it out.

#37 Anonymous on 05/07/10 at 08:54 PM

i bet if they were white the cops would be all over them

#38 Anonymous on 05/08/10 at 08:16 AM

You have 2 cops on duty at night that have to patroll the city of Barnesville. They have to go around and check the doors of all the businesses just to make sure the owner locked the doors..Of course if they get broken in to its the cops fault for not making sure the business owner lacked their own door....what a waste of time for the cops! If they are too stupid to lock their own doors the though, they deserve to be robbed. While doing this the 2 cops have to answer calls, which if anyone has a scanner they are well aware of how many calls are answered on a nightly basis. God forbid there be a dangerous call where the two officers are needed at the same place. If the people of Barnesville want better service from the city police dept. then everyone needs to quit bitching about what the cops dont do and demand that Chuck Keadle/Kenny Roberts hire more officers. This town has grown a lot over the last 10 years and the police force has stayed the same size. Throw the Gordon College population and the mix and this fine city is just waiting for disaster. People just remember that the cops can only do so much with limited resources. Everyday they put their lives on the line for you. Not for the pay. How about a thank you instead of all the negativity.

#39 Anonymous on 05/08/10 at 10:07 AM

Just ask a cop

#40 Anonymous on 05/08/10 at 11:31 AM

I DONT CALL HANGING OUT AT FLASH FOODS ALL NIGHT PATROLLING,BUT HEY,EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN WAY OF THINKING I GUESS.JUST SAYIN....................

#41 Anonymous on 05/08/10 at 02:03 PM

Do you think the police dont know what they can and cant do? I will leave it in their capable hands. Maybe they will catch you and you can spout off about what you think you know.

#42 Anonymous on 05/08/10 at 02:14 PM

Like I said, in residential areas, historic areas, school zones, etc, the 10 mile over does not apply. Are you only worried about getting pulled over on 341?

#43 Anonymous on 05/08/10 at 02:16 PM

Let cpoy and paste all of it....

40-14-8.
(a) No county, city, or campus officer shall be allowed to make a case based on the use of any speed detection device, unless the speed of the vehicle exceeds the posted speed limit by more than ten miles per hour and no conviction shall be had thereon unless such speed is more than ten miles per hour above the posted speed limit.
(b) The limitations contained in subsection (a) of this Code section shall not apply in properly marked school zones one hour before, during, and one hour after the normal hours of school operation, in properly marked historic districts, and in properly marked residential zones. For purposes of this chapter, thoroughfares with speed limits of 35 miles per hour or more shall not be considered residential districts. For purposes of this Code section, the term 'historic district' means a historic district as defined in paragraph (5) of Code Section 44-10-22 and which is listed on the Georgia Register of Historic Places or as defined by ordinance adopted pursuant to a local constitutional amendment.

#44 Anonymous on 05/08/10 at 02:29 PM

I wish there was a law forbiding guys to walk around with their pants hanging down to thier knees. I wonder if they know how stupid they look, trying to walk and hold their pants up at the same time. Why would they think anyone wants to look at their drawers? What winners.

#45 Anonymous on 05/08/10 at 04:34 PM

First of all, a majority of the speed limits are artificially low in many places (Like on 41 for example, 45? Come on) then they announce some "Zero tolerance" on speeding. Well, Georgia law does not allow "Zero tolerance" on speeding, read the laws someone posted above.
Anyway, no thanks here, if someone is flagrantly breaking the law, then ok, but to go out and hunt for people that exceed the posted limits? No support here. It sure is a bad feeling when your house is getting cleaned out by a burgular, while the locals are setting up on 41 awaiting someone exceeding the speed limit instead.
What about all the other "Citizen complaints"? Are they going to be addressed in this same manner?

#46 Anonymous on 05/08/10 at 10:32 PM

where is a properly marked residential area in barnesville.

#47 Anonymous on 05/09/10 at 07:17 AM

How many properly marked residential area and historic areas are in Barnesville?

(Must be a "Residential area" sign posted with a speed limit sign, and must qualify and be certified by the state)

Everywhere else that they are allowed to use the devices on must be more than 10 over. The law is the law, officers can not change that, no need to go ask one.

#48 Anonymous on 05/09/10 at 12:16 PM

Please start on the Poplar Street autobahn before someone gets killed!

#49 unknown on 05/09/10 at 06:03 PM

It's about time someone took the town back over

and enforce what is posted before the college

lets out for the summer. REMEMBER most of the

streets are 25 or 35. Most cars don't know

what that speed is.

#50 Anonymous on 05/10/10 at 12:29 AM

Will the crackdown also apply to the police? To my knowledge, none of them know how to drive the speed limit

#51 Bill on 05/10/10 at 04:16 AM

Its not about safety anymore, ITS all about money.Now Local police,county and state patrol its about money. Period.

#52 Anonymous on 05/10/10 at 05:47 AM

There is a red motorbike that flies down Collier Road daily. Maybe 70-80 mph. Bust him..then I will be impressed.

#53 Anonymous on 05/10/10 at 08:07 AM

It's not about money with the state patrol. The state does not keep the fine monies generated by GSP, it goes to the city or county the offense was committed in.

The cities and counties stating a "Crackdown" ort a "Zero tolerance" and so forth are amusing. Seems that if they consistiently do their job each day, and use common sense with their judgements with each case, then we wouldn't be seeing these ridiculous stories.

#54 emeril on 05/10/10 at 08:14 AM

why speed, why be in a hurry, relax what are you going to do when you get there

#55 Anonymous on 05/10/10 at 04:57 PM

Send in the DI-rector of Public works..... He will create a pothole for dem to fall into ands it will makes him a hero.... Lawdy knows he needs to be seen as sumpin cuz he ain't squat in nuttin.

#56 Anonymous on 05/10/10 at 05:51 PM

Well that depends. What if it is something urgent? Pretty baseless, simpleton statement there.

#57 ok on 05/10/10 at 07:03 PM

Be impressed he was arrested April 23 charged with reckless driving.

#58 Anonymous on 05/11/10 at 01:37 AM

state patrol very seldom just sit and run radar. They work accident scenes and help with road block. They do try to get speeders sometime but not like the county and state do. State patrol can but rarely do write tickets unless you are going 13mph over. That goes on your "license" or MVR. They can write you a ticket for going 1mph over but its not worth their time. I know a guy that got stopped by GSP for doing 8mph over and he got a ticket. I guess its all in how they are feeling that day.

#59 Anonymous on 05/11/10 at 03:52 AM

It does not go on your license until 15 MPH over.

#60 Anonymous on 05/11/10 at 07:04 AM

Hasn't deterred him or his friends.

#61 Anonymous on 05/12/10 at 07:41 AM

I live in historic downtown Barnesville. I have 2 young children that like to play outside but often we won't let them because of the speed demons that fly up and down our street including the law officers themselves. I will believe this one once I see justice being served on our street.

#62 Hello Kitty Island Adventure on 05/15/10 at 07:50 PM

you always have at least a 5 mph cushion because of the difference in speedometer calibration. If you are issued a ticket for 1 mph over the speed limit it gets thrown out most of the time unless you have other charges with it. I know I got issued a ticket for 1 mph over in Milner many years ago and it was thrown out. Just ask law enforcement. They won't bother with a 1 mph over for a ticket. Its not worth the time and they don't get much money off of it.

I would love to know where some of you get your Ridiculous ideas.

#63 Anonymous on 05/16/10 at 03:34 AM

My mama always told me not to play in the street. Seems like that was a good idea.

Also, pedestrians only have right of way in a properly marked crosswalk.

#64 Anonymous on 05/17/10 at 12:45 PM

If your children are playing in the front yard then they shouldn't be near the street. If they are then you are not doing your job as a parent. Quit whining about OH there are speeding cars on the road and watch your children. Go to the park, play in the back yard, do something but don't complain because you choose to play near the street.

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