Senate resolution honors WSB’s ‘Capt. Herb’ Emory
The Georgia Senate unanimously passed a resolution Monday honoring among others the late Herb Emory, saying the state should use its roadways to memorialize the longtime WSB traffic reporter.
“Capt. Herb,” who helped shepherd metro Atlanta commuters to and from work for decades, died April 12 after suffering a heart attack while helping at the scene of a traffic accident. Emory was 61.
Senate Resolution 296, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Steve Henson, D-Tucker, would dedicate the new flyover ramp on I-85 at Ga. 400 as the “Captain Herb Emory Flyover Ramp.”
The resolution comes as the House has suggested a similar measure. House Resolution 398, sponsored by Rep. Micah Gravely, R-Douglasville, would dedicate the Lee Road bridge over I- 20 in Emory’s name. The House bill suggests the bridge would be known as the “Captain Herb Emory Memorial Bridge.”
— Kristina Torres
Speeding? Bill makes it easier to beat the rap
The Senate voted 52-2 Monday to make it easier to beat a speeding ticket in Georgia.
Senate Bill 134 would eliminate a provision in state law that gives law enforcement agencies the benefit of doubt if they clock someone speeding at more than 17 miles per hour over the established speed limit.
State law already allows someone to challenge their ticket in a situation they feel is a speed trap, if speeding fines make up more than 40 percent of an agency’s budget. Under the bill, those agencies couldn’t argue excessive speed as part of their defense.
An analysis by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution last year found the worst “ticket traps” to be in rural Georgia — including a string of cities and counties along I-75 in South Georgia that tap Disney-bound tourists and other pass-through traffic.
SB 134 now goes to the state House for consideration.
— Kristina Torres
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