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In article <lh7idvINNhi1@boogie.cs.utexas.edu> swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher) writes:
>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.

Aaah yes, a friend of mine was telling me about this - he had worked
late the night before so he was heading back to UT around 3:30pm and
got nabbed by this.  We drove down Duval and sure enough, I wasn't
aware we were in a school zone until he pointed it out.

It really pissed him off since he views himself as a law-abiding
sorta guy who will drive the speed limit IFF he knows what it is.

He was worried about taking this to court since he thought that if
the judge found against him, he'd lose the chance to drop it vie DD
and have it raise his insurance.

>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.)

That's right.

Brendan
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