Law enforcement agencies are cracking down on speeding on the Reno side of the McCarran loop.
As we've reported, both Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve and Reno Police Chief Kathryn Nance addressed these concerns to the Reno City Council last week.
On Wednesday morning, Nevada State Police and Reno Police hit the McCarran loop for a more in depth effort towards speeding enforcement.
Our crew went on a ride along in a Reno Police car.
While we were out several tickets were given.
"Our goal is simple, saving lives," said Anthony Muñoz, Nevada Highway Patrol Major, Nevada State Police.
Both officers and troopers clocked people doing 65 and 70 in a 50 mph zone and also caught some drivers doing more than double the speed in a school zone.
"Speed is a huge problem in the Nevada area and we are here to combat it," Major Muñoz said.
"We're conducting proactive speed enforcement in and around McCarran as well as the city," said Chris Johnson, Public Information Officer, Reno Police Department. "We've had four fatal traffic accidents and collisions on McCarran in the last two months."
In three out of those four deadly crashes, police say speeding was a huge contributor.
"So had speed not been a factor those accidents may have not occurred, and the individuals may have not died in those accidents," Johnson said.
Drivers should expect to see these two agencies working together a lot in the future.
"Yeah, so this collaboration will be taking place regularly throughout the upcoming months," Johnson said. "We will be conducting a lot of speeding enforcement around the city of Reno."
Deadly crashes have been trending in the wrong direction in the Silver State over the years, which is why law enforcement agencies are doing what they can to change that trajectory.
"We've seen far too many crashes already and it's only March and we need to really slow down, and we can all do our own part to make sure that we're safer on Nevada's roads," Johnson said.
Reno Police says it's important to drive the speed limit because other than yourself, you're putting others at risk.
Johnson says people should especially keep this in mind when we have wet conditions.
