Memorial Day weekend is one of the
busiest weekends of the year for traffic in the Florida Keys and this year will
be no exception. That is the assessment of the Sheriff's Office Traffic
Enforcement Unit, which will be out in force this holiday weekend to make sure
people are driving safely.
All Sheriff's Office Traffic
Enforcement Officers will be assigned to work the entire holiday weekend and
will work county-wide to help supplement road patrol, particularly on Highway
U.S. One. The influx of visitors is expected to cause traffic slowdowns,
particularly southbound in the Upper Keys, on Friday; many of those same
visitors will leave on Monday and cause slowdowns in the opposite direction on
that day. Anyone planning to be on the road over the weekend should plan extra
time accordingly.
“We always see extremely heavy
traffic over Memorial Day weekend and this coming holiday weekend will be no
exception,” said Sheriff Rick Ramsay. The sheriff urges drivers to be patient
and drive safely. “We will be in particular looking out for people passing in
no passing zones, passing illegally in turn lanes, traveling at unsafe speeds
and drinking and driving,” he said.
On the water, Sheriff’s Office
marine deputies will keep an eye out for unsafe boating practices, particularly
drunk boating; many people head offshore to have a good time, but boaters
should make sure to designate someone sober to bring the vessel and its
passengers back to shore safely.
As a side note: this coming Monday,
May 23rd, is a nationwide Click it or Ticket campaign that Sheriff’s
Office Traffic Enforcement deputies will be participating in. The campaign will
take place between 6 – 10 p.m. and deputies will concentrate their attention on
people driving with no seatbelts during that time period.
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