My neighborhood seems like a speed trap, with Police Officers working radar a lot. Don they have more important calls to take care of ?
A. Collisions, particularly injury collisions, are a serious concern to all of us. Excessive speed was a factor in many of these accidents. We strive to work a balance between all of our responsibilities, including traffic enforcement. Our aim at using radar is to reduce the speed of the vehicles traveling the roadway, and bring the average speed of cars using the road down to a safe level. In many cases, radar is only used on a street after an exhaustive engineering study has been made of the roadway. Such a study includes the measuring of vehicle speeds, the accident history of the roadway for the past five years, the state average of collisions for similar roadways, and the nature of the roadway and neighborhood itself. In many cases the neighbors themselves in that particular neighborhood have requested the traffic enforcement.
Collisions, particularly injury collisions, are a serious concern to all of us. We strive to work a balance between all of our responsibilities, including traffic enforcement. Our aim at using radar is to reduce the speed of the vehicles traveling the roadway, and bring the average speed of cars using the road down to a safe level. In 1994, the City of San Carlos had over 430 reportable accidents, with over 100 injuries. Excessive speed was a factor in many of these accidents. In many cases, radar is only used on a street after an exhaustive engineering study has been made of the roadway. Such a study includes the measuring of vehicle speeds, the accident history of the roadway for the past 5 years, the state average of collisions for similar roadways, and the nature of the roadway and neighborhood itself. Calls and complaints from residents about apparent speeding also plays a large part on where radar is used.
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