05/18/2026
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Over the past several years (especially since COVID), we have had a major uptick in people deciding to use our mountain roads as their own little racetracks. They will travel here from larger cities driving their souped-up sports car or motorcycles. They pester our citizens with their loud cars and constant back-and-forth. They drive dangerously on our roads so that they can get more clicks on their Instagram accounts. WE. ARE. TIRED. OF. IT.
Over the past few years, we have had a traffic unit dedicated to trying to deter some of this behavior. We have obtained grants, and continue to apply for grants, from the State of Georgia to help provide resources to deter this behavior and educate the public about the dangers associated with it. Along with the influx of reckless driving behaviors, we have also seen an influx in our normal call volume for our deputies. Our resources get tied up handling the everyday calls. However, we will be shifting some resources around to address the dangerous driving behaviors that we have seen while still providing the same level of service that our community knows and expects from its Sheriff’s Office for other calls for service.
Moving forward, we will show zero tolerance to the reckless behaviors that have become rampant on our mountain roads. You want to come up here and speed around on our mountain roads? You WILL get a ticket. You want to come up here and drive recklessly and put our citizens in danger? You WILL go to jail and your vehicle WILL be towed. You run from our deputies? We WILL find you, arrest you, and impound your vehicle.
Sheriff Dyer’s message is simple: come up to the mountains and enjoy what our town has to offer, but do so while respecting the people that live here and the laws of the roadway. If you cannot do that, then expect your leisurely weekend to become one spent in jail facing fines and impound fees.
