ALPHARETTA, Ga. — Within 24 hours, Alpharetta police nabbed two drivers going more than 100 miles an hour on Georgia 400, including a 17-year-old clocked at 112 miles an hour.
The teen was arrested for speeding and reckless driving.
The next day, police arrested a 30-year-old for driving 102 miles an hour on Georgia 400 and was also charged with speeding and reckless driving.
“This is a constant complaint area that we receive,” said Alpharetta officer Christopher Bice as he did traffic enforcement along Georgia 400 at Old Milton Parkway. He said extreme speeding is a chronic problem along the typically busy freeway.
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“It has always been that way. That’s why they call it the ‘Autobahn,’” he said.
While a Channel 2′s Bryan Mims crew watched, Bice clocked a driver going 94 miles an hour. When he pulled the car over, he discovered the driver had a suspended license – and it was suspended for super speeding. The man was handcuffed and charged with speeding and driving with a suspended license.
“We’re telling people, we need you to slow down,” said Capt. Jakai Braithwaite of the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety. “We’re out here because we truly, truly want to educate our public. We want to educate our community. We want you to slow down. We want you to be safe.”
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Within the last two years, police in other jurisdictions have clocked drivers at 144 and 178 miles an hour on Georgia 400.
This week, Alpharetta police posted a warning on its Facebook page: “Luckily, because of our traffic unit, this 17-year-old motorist is still alive and thankfully did not cause an accident that could have cost their life, or someone else’s,” the post said. “The driver was charged with speeding and reckless driving (which also includes the possibilities of losing their license, higher insurance costs, and a large fine) and was transported to jail.”
The state considers super speeding as going 75 miles an hour or higher on two-lane roads and 85 miles an hour higher on multilane highways. The state fines super speeders an extra $200 on top of initial fines. Driving over 100 miles an hour could result in an arrest.
Braithwaite said it’s not just the ticket and fines that are costly, speed can lead to catastrophic crashes.
“We do know this,” he said. “Speed kills.”
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