If you would like any additional information about the Click It
or Ticket campaign you can visit the GOHS website at
www.gahighwaysafety.org Seat Belts Saves Lives!
Also the following brochures are available to the public at the
sheriff’s office:
- Click It or Ticket
- Georgia’s Safety Belt Law
- Georgia Child Passenger Safety Law
- Operation Zero Tolerance
- Motorcycle Safety – What you need to know
- Georgia’s Move Over Law Teenage and Adult
Driver Responsibility Act (Including Joshua’s Law)
Public Announcement:
The Rabun County Sheriff’s Office was granted an award
from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. The
G.O.H.S. is providing funds for the purpose of in-car video cameras, radars, and a laptop computer. The purpose of the grant is to provide needed equipment to make Rabun County’s roads safer. With the gain of this new equipment, traffic related offenses are expected to be better targeted which includes driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, safety restraints, and speeding. The grant period will begin on October 1st, 2006 and will end on September 30th 2007. More information and updated activities related to the grant can be found on this website or on the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety website.
Traffic Reminder!!! (Updated)
School starts back on 08/14/2006.
Remember to be aware that Sheriff's Office personnel will be directing traffic at Rabun County High/Middle School and at the intersection of U.S. 441 and Boggs Mtn. Road. Please pay attention to the personnel directing traffic and remember to use your turn signals to help keep traffic moving as smoothly as possible. (It would also be very helpful in these areas if you would not be on or using your cell phones.)
The road construction zone on Ga. 15 (Hwy 441) between Clayton and Tallulah Falls will have significant travel delays during heavy traffic times, including holidays. This will be unavoidable until the road construction is completed. People will need to try to be patient or, if possible, use an alternate route when traveling in this area of Rabun County.
Finally, the speed limit in the road construction zone is 45 MPH. Fines for traffic violations, such as speeding, in the road construction zone can be higher. Pay attention and drive safe.
Teen & School Student Drivers License Information!!!
Some laws that were passed earlier in 2004 by the Georgia Legislators and signed into law by Governor Perdue went into effect on July 1, 2004. Among the laws that went into effect were school attendance requirement changes for teens who are under the age of 18 getting or keeping a learners permit or a drivers license. Teens under the age of 18 must be enrolled in public or private school or an approved home school program and have an attendance record in good standing or have received their diploma or GED to apply or keep an instructional permit or driver's license.
The provision of a student quitting school with parental permission and being able to keep their drivers license has been removed or repealed. What this means is if a student quits school and even has the permission of a parent or legal guardian to do so, and the student is under the age of 18, that student's learners permit or drivers license will be suspended by the State of Georgia, once the State is notified by the school system, and the student will no longer be legal to drive a vehicle. Click here to read the news article.
The sheriff's office has free gun locks available to the public courtesy of Project ChildSafe. The purpose of Project ChildSafe is a nationwide program whose purpose is to promote safe firearms handling and storage practices among all firearms owners through the distribution of key safety education messages and free gun locking devices.
More information is available by clicking here or the picture below.
Posted: 12/05/2006