COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police said that one of several devices used to compare drivers’ speeds to posted speed limits and reduce speeding is working in one east-side neighborhood.
But a viewer who contacted KRDO 13’s The Road Warrior and lives in the area isn’t so sure.
Approximately a month ago, police placed a speed radar trailer on the shoulder of westbound Constitution Avenue, just east of the Sierra Drive intersection.
“We placed it here because we’d received numerous complaints about speeding,” Ira Cronin, a police spokesman, explained. “And since it’s been here, we haven’t had one complaint. Our goal isn’t to write tickets, but to try to convince people to slow down.”
The speed limit on that stretch of Constitution is 35 mph…