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ByMattPelkey Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Speeders beware.
The Rappahannock County Sheriffs Office has stepped up traffic enforcement with the help of a recently awarded state grant, Rappahannock County Sheriff Connie Compton Smith said.
“...complaints have come in about speeders and we’re working to control the speed some,” Smith said.
Smith said the sheriff’s office has received complaints about speeding in county towns — primarily Washington, Sperryville and Chester Gap — and also on roads with 45- and 35-mile-per-hour speed limits, such as routes 729 and 642.
Smith said she has increased enforcement throughout the county.
“We’re actually enforcing it everywhere,” she said.
Speeders face a fine of $5 for every mile per hour over the speed limit they are caught driving.
The sheriffs office first upped enforcement during the statewide “Click It or Ticket” blitz that ran from March 16 to March 23, Smith said. Deputies wrote 87 tickets over the course of the week, Smith said, targeting drivers not wearing seat belts as well as those traveling over the speed limit.
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