School is back in session and parents are arming themselves with radar guns to protect their families from speeders. Construction zones on highways can mean detour through local routes. This results in problems for law enforcement, as motorists maintain their highway speed in local streets and sometimes school zones. Is a radar gun enough to prevent tragedies in the near future?
Parents near Springfield, MO are now preventing their children from going to a local bus stop due to the threat of out of control motorists. Traffic volume is heavy for this residential road and drivers are in a hurry to get to work, not thinking about the young pedestrians that await the morning buses. Anxious motorists are even running through the stop sign, since it is known that there are no police with police radar guns present.
Currently there is a speed detection trailer with orange flags that displays the speed of passing motorists, yet the problem is persisting. The community has tried using handheld radar guns combined with digital cameras to take matters into their own hands. Stories like this need to be publicized, and RadarGunsBlog.com is your place for the radar gun news and issues that matter.
