ATLANTA -- The Georgia State Patrol is feeling the pinch from high gasoline prices. Trooper Larry Schnall, a spokesman for the agency, said troopers are being asked to reduce the amount of time spent on the road by 25 percent. Schnall said the troopers are being asked to perform more discretionary patrols, road checks, sobriety check points, license check points and possibly operate laser and radar more often.
Schnall said motorists should not notice any difference and that patrols still will be visible. "We just may not be on rolling patrols for the entire eight hours of our shift," Schnall said. The change comes as gas toped $3.60 a gallon in the Atlanta area.
Trooper Larry Schnall, a spokesman for the agency, said troopers are being asked to reduce the amount of time spent on the road by 25 percent.
Schnall said the troopers are being asked to perform more discretionary patrols, road checks, sobriety check points, license check points and possibly operate laser and radar more often.
Schnall said motorists should not notice any difference and that patrols still will be visible.
"We just may not be on rolling patrols for the entire eight hours of our shift," Schnall said.
The change comes as gas toped $3.60 a gallon in the Atlanta area.