Bonney Lake PD To Step Up Speeding Enforcement

BONNEY LAKE, WA - This February, you better watch your speed in Bonney Lake. Police will be emphasizing speeding enforcement throughout February. They aren't trying to fill coffers, but police want to remind drivers how deadly speeding can be.

Here's more from Bonney Lake police:

During the month of February 2018, Officers will be conducting a special traffic enforcement emphasis looking for vehicles exceeding the local speed limits. It is our goal to improve traffic safety by reminding motorists to slow down to the posted speed limits.

• Speed Kills — Driving faster than the speed limit — or too fast for conditions — accounts for more than a third of all deadly crashes in Washington (Washington Traffic Safety Commission).
• Speeding Facts—(NHTSA)
  • 13,000 lives lost each year due to speeding
  • Crashes where speed is an issue cost society more than $40 billion annually
  • Think it pays to speed? In the U.S.A. it costs society more than $76,000 for every minute you gain by speeding

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