Welcome to the Auburn Police Department's Governor's Office of Highway Safety, G.O.H.S.,
page.
The responsibility for the Auburn Police
Department's G.O.H.S. program is to keep the
highways and roads of this city safe from
aggressive traffic, speeding, driving under the
influence of drugs or alcohol, and safety belt
enforcement.
The Auburn Police Department conducts a series
of safety checkpoints throughout the year to
ensure proper: wearing of safety belt restraints
(Adult/Child), valid insurance, current vehicle
registration, valid driver's license, and above
all...SOBER DRIVER'S.
Each month the department's G.O.H.S coordinator
represents this agency at the local network
meeting for the Governor's Office of Highway
Safety. At each meeting we receive
continuous training and learn new information
regarding about impaired driver's, and Georgia traffic
laws. It is that continuous education and
training that helps keeps the roads in the State
of Georgia safer for all of us to drive on.
O.C.G.A.
40-6-16. Procedure for passing
stationary authorized emergency
vehicles, stationary towing or recovery
vehicles, or stationary highway
maintenance vehicles
(a) The operator of a motor vehicle
approaching a stationary authorized
emergency vehicle that is displaying
flashing yellow, amber, white, red, or
blue lights shall approach the
authorized emergency vehicle with due
caution and shall, absent any other
direction by a peace officer, proceed as
follows:
(1) Make a lane change into a lane not
adjacent to the authorized emergency
vehicle if possible in the existing
safety and traffic conditions; or
(2) If a lane change under paragraph (1)
of this subsection would be impossible,
prohibited by law, or unsafe, reduce the
speed of the motor vehicle to a
reasonable and proper speed for the
existing road and traffic conditions,
which speed shall be less than the
posted speed limit, and be prepared to
stop.
Reference: GEORGIA CODE.
TITLE 40. MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC.
CHAPTER 6. UNIFORM RULES OF THE ROAD.
ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS;
O.C.G.A. § 40-6-16.
The role that an Officer plays as a Child Safety
Restraint Technician is to educate the public on
the various stages of child seats and their
requirements. One of the many ways that
technicians educate is by sponsoring classes to
show the general public how to properly install
and use the child safety restraint system so
that the child's life is at least minimum risk
and to insure that all installed child safety
seats are in compliance with state laws.
The Auburn police Department believes in the
seat belt program which is backed by The
National Highway Traffic and Safety Association
(NITSA), The Georgia Traffic Injury Prevention
Institute (GTIP), and The Governor's Office of
Highway Safety.
If you have any
comments, questions, or concerns regarding any of the Auburn Police Department's
Governor's Office of Highway Safety Programs, please contact the Department
at 770-513-8657 and ask to speak to the GOHS Coordinator or ask to speak with
the Child Safety Seat Technician, Ofc K. Rose.
During each calendar year, the Governor's Office of
Highway Safety coordinates with all Law
Enforcement Agencies Statewide to conduct
2 major traffic safety
campaigns:
Operation
Zero Tolerance
Operation
Click It Or Ticket
WE’VE
STOPPED YOU TO SAVE YOUR LIFE
How Motor Vehicle
Crash Figures
Compare with Crime
(right click on the
image and use the flash menu to zoom in)
IMPAIRED
DRIVERS-
Those under the influence of drugs or alcohol
are killing people on Georgia roads and
highways. They cause an average of 530 deaths
per year.
*Alcohol is involved in more than 1/3 of traffic
crashes that killed over 1600 Georgians each
year.
*About half of crashes that kill teenagers on
weekends involve alcohol.
*Every 2 minutes someone is injured in an
alcohol-related motor vehicle crash.
BUCKLE UP GEORGIANS,
IT’S THE LAW
SEATBELT & CHILD SAFETY RESTRAINTS
55% of Americans killed in traffic crashes were
not wearing their safety seat restraints. That's
approximately 31,693 dead neighbors, friends,
and family who might have escaped being labeled
as statistics if they had just buckled up.
•
Georgia Seat Belt andChild
Passenger Safety Laws
40-8-76 – Child Safety Seats &
Belts
-Children5 and younger must be properly
secured in an approved Child
Restraint System (CRS) while
riding in cars, vans, SUVs and
pickup trucks (until 6th
birthday)5
•-Requireschildren 5 and younger and
under 4'9" (57") to ride in the
rear seat (some exceptions
apply)
•-CRSmust meet all federal motor
vehicle safety standards
•-CRSmust be installed and used
according to manufacturer'sinstructions
•-Medicalexemptions apply
Georgia Safety
Belt Law For Minors (Ages 6-17)
40-8-76.1
-Children between 6 and
17 (until their 18th birthday) -Must be properly restrained in a
car, van, SUV or pickup truck -All seating locations - front AND
back seats -Children CANNOT ride in the covered
or uncovered bed of a pickup truck
Penalty for Violations
Primary offense One ticket per child Driver receives the citation Child Safety Seat Violation- $50 first; $100 thereafter Points assessed against violator’s
driver’s license 1 point for first violation
2 points for additional violations
