College campuses and surrounding areas are often places where speeders run rampant. Radar guns are necessary to catch those speeding to class trying not to be late, going to their place of employment, and generally ignoring posted speed limits. A neighborhood group near the University of Hartford has had enough of the dangerous motorists and has taken action into their own hands.
Without the regular availability of police radar guns and handheld speed detection devices, the Terry Road Action Committee was forced to conjure up a different method to monitoring traffic in their community. Their goal, which is to guard the safety of more than 30 children who live and play on the street, was laid put into flier form and placed on cars parked on campus. To accomplish this, two surveillance cameras were posted on a tree along the side street.
You do not have to have a laser radar gun to deal with a speeding problem on a local roadway. Sometimes they are not available. OpticsPlanet.com makes sure that the need can be fulfilled at any time. We carry the finest radar guns and LIDAR on the market, so stay tuned to our radar guns blog to see how law enforcement and communities are detecting speed and keeping the streets safe.
