TRAFFIC TIP TUESDAY 08-11-15
Sergeant Matt Lillibridge and the Traffic Deputies want to take a moment to provide the following information….
Occasionally inspect your vehicle’s equipment to ensure that it is working properly. Please, make sure that all of the turn signal indicators are functioning properly, lens covers are not cracked or broken and that the car horn is operable. Florida statute requires that headlights are white in color only (remember that just because there is a company out there that makes colored lights, they are not necessarily legal). Red and blue lights emitting from a vehicle (with the exception of tail and brake lights, that must be red) are reserved for emergency vehicles only. Mufflers and mirrors should also be inspected. All of these items can help to make your trip a safe one.
Traffic Tip Tuesday is a weekly post designed to educate our citizens and to increase traffic safety. Florida Statute has numerous traffic violations, and each week only one tip can be covered.
Hernando County deputies are very proactive in traffic enforcement. In 2014 Hernando County traffic fatalities were lower than 2013.
Members of the Traffic Unit conduct traffic enforcement each and every day throughout the county, unfortunately not every violation can be witnessed by a deputy. For this reason, traffic tips are posted to provide education in an attempt to make our roadways safer.
If you have a traffic complaint, please contact our office at 352-754-6830 to have a unit dispatched to the area. Thank you.
