MILTON, Ga. — Police arrested a Cumming man Jan. 16 after he was spotted using the right turn lane to pass another vehicle on Ga. 9 in the rain.
Police saw the driver’s white Dodge Ram approaching another vehicle from behind on Ga. 9 toward Deerfield Parkway and clocked the truck at 55 mph in a 45-mph speed zone. The driver passed the other vehicle, using the right turn lane in a zig-zag pattern before returning to the through lane of travel, the incident report says.
The weather conditions on the road were hazardous that day, the report says, with rain, wet roads and temperature in the low 20s with the risk of the road freezing.
Police placed the driver under arrest and charged him with driving too fast for conditions, reckless driving and overtaking and passing on the right. They transported the driver to the North Fulton County Jail in Alpharetta.
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