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In article <1992Nov25.141347.8906@novell.com> bboerner@novell.com
(Brendan B. Boerner) writes:

>Anybody else want to point out speed traps in Austin?

On Duval St., in the school zone between about 33rd and 34th.  There's
a nice alleyway in which the cops hang out during school zone periods,
zapping cars and waving them over.  They mostly nab folks going
southbound, since the school zone signal on that side is obscured by a
tree from more than about a block away (making it easy to miss, and
giving little time in which to slow down if you do see it); on the
northbound side, cars are coming from the stoplight at 32nd, so they
aren't going so fast, and the signal is visible further away.

Now, I'm fully in favor of encouraging folks to slow down in school
zones.  However, it seems to me more cost effective to trim the tree
that covers up the signal than to pay several cops to run a speed trap
on a continuing basis.  I've seen as many as two motorcyles and a
cruiser parked in that alleyway.  (Though with less revenue from
tickets, maybe it wouldn't be more cost effective.)

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