JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Aggressive driving, particularly speeding, is a significant issue on the roads of Jacksonville, as highlighted by a recent ride-along with the Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Action News Jax Traffic Anchor Bethany Reese joined JSO officers to observe the prevalence of \u201csuper speeders\u201d on local highways. <\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n From January to May of this year, JSO issued 828 citations for drivers exceeding the speed limit by 20 miles per hour or more.<\/p>\n \u201cFor us, it\u2019s just mostly speeding,\u201d Officer Ricardo Ranger said, emphasizing the widespread nature of the problem.<\/p>\n Speeding in the zone: <\/b>Ride-along shows persistent school zone speed violations in Duval County<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n During the ride-along, Ranger recounted an incident where he stopped a motorcycle traveling at 125 mph on a road with a 45 mph speed limit. <\/p>\n Such extreme cases are not uncommon, as JSO issued 440 citations for drivers going 80 mph or higher.<\/p>\n Officer Tanner May, working on a different side of town, also highlighted the issue, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s a 55 here on Southside Connector here. You were going 76.\u201d <\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: <\/b>Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/b><\/a>]<\/b><\/p>\n He noted that speeding is often a direct result of aggressive driving habits.<\/p>\n Despite the high number of citations, officers like May exercise discretion, often opting to educate rather than penalize drivers excessively. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m somewhat lenient on speeding until you hit a certain speed, and then I\u2019m going to pull you over,\u201d May said.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: <\/b>Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/b><\/a>] <\/b><\/p>\n The officers\u2019 approach underscores a preference for education over punishment, with the ultimate goal of enhancing road safety for all drivers.<\/p>\n JSO\u2019s efforts to curb aggressive driving highlight the ongoing challenge of ensuring road safety in the region. <\/p>\n Ranger said drivers must remember that speeding endangers not just their lives, but those of others on the road.<\/p>\n Click here<\/b><\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <\/b>click here<\/b><\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/b><\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2014 Aggressive driving, particularly speeding, is a significant issue on the roads of Jacksonville, as highlighted…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":36976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[12189,5229,30104,30105,30101,3188,723,4353,7310,30102,13035,8423,425,11395,30107,4531,26089,30103,13827,30106,1103,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-36975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-action_news","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arlington_expressway","11":"tag-arlington_speedway","12":"tag-bethany_rees","13":"tag-fl","14":"tag-florida","15":"tag-georgia","16":"tag-jacksonville","17":"tag-jacksonville_sheriffs","18":"tag-jacksonville_sheriffs_office","19":"tag-jso","20":"tag-local","21":"tag-may","22":"tag-mlk","23":"tag-officer","24":"tag-ranger","25":"tag-ricardo_ranger","26":"tag-shacks","27":"tag-tanner_may","28":"tag-toyota","29":"tag-united-states","30":"tag-united-states-of-america","31":"tag-unitedstates","32":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","33":"tag-us","34":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114792750393465620","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}