Metro Councilmember calls for more traffic enforcement [Video]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) —  When the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) proposed a speed limit reduction on Lebanon Road, Metro Councilmember Jeff Eslick said the real problem is that the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) does not enforce the current speed limit.

“People are not adhering to the laws anymore,” Eslick said. “There seems to be no fear for being pulled over.”

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Eslick told News 2 the number one complaint he gets from his constituents in District 11 is concerns over speeding. In one Facebook post, he compared the roads to the “Wild, Wild West.”

News 2 pulled traffic stop data from MNPD, which shows a 45 percent drop in traffic stops compared to this same time in 2019. Eslick said that what worries him is the increase in traffic deaths while the number of traffic stops …