them no good revenue collecting ...holes..i can say this being a former
cop..all i can say is its all about the money..they should be more concerned
of junk uninsured motorist..oh wait they probably will not have the
money..so lets target speeders.its the same bs here in louisiana..i was
pulled over and cited a 25$ fine for not having my seatbelt on..its legal to
ride a motorbike without a helmet here..what can you do??
>From: bernd@texas.net
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: dakotart@yahoogroups.com
>CC: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Austin Folks - BEWARE
>Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 16:25:27 US/Central
>
>Austin police are taking to the skies to catch speeders on the ground these
>days. APD randomly chooses when to use an airplane to enforce speed limits.
>
>They have been watching you for the past week. The traffic plane is part of
>APD's effort to stress "driver safety" on the highyway.
>
>You may have even passed their test without knowing it. From eyes in the
>skies
>to enforcement on the ground, Austin police are cracking down on bad
>drivers.
>
>"We actually act as a real observation platform, and we communicate with
>officers on the ground, to what we see," APD Sgt. Bill Horn said, "When we
>make
>a stop, there's no doubt that the person has continuously been speeding."
>
>Making an average 10 stops per flight hour, APD's "fixed-wing plane" is a
>high
>flying tool to solve traffic troubles.
>
>"We have tailgaiting problems. We have people passing on the shoulder, just
>wreckless driving," Horn said.
>
>So far this year, police have seen 51 fatalities on the roads.
>
>"It is inappropriate for a city this size to have that many deaths. We
>realize
>our role in that," Austin Police Chief Stan Knee said.
>
>"I think anything that we do that helps raise the public's awareness of
>their
>driving can only help benefit," Horn said.
>
>On a road like Mopac, you could drive into a speed trap and not even know
>it.
>The white stripes on the side of the road mark the start and end points
>that
>police use to clock speeders from the air.
>
>"We use a calabrated stop watch, and we use a simple time-speed-distance,
>formula," Horn said.
>
>Violators caught can be stopped, and ticketed, but the "benefit-of-doubt"
>about
>speed goes to the driver.
>
>"On time-speed-distance, a person could be traveling perhaps 15 miles an
>hour
>over, 12, or 20 in that whole time span, and this is an average speed, so
>we're
>actually giving the benefit to the violator," Horn said.
>
>APD will soon add a new helicopter to its air patrol, and the department
>plans
>to purchase 60 new radars for patrol cars.
>
>
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