POLICE WANT SPEED LIMITS TO BE RAISED.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - The City Council introduced an ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been Tuesday night to raise the speed limit by five to 10 miles per hour in portions of 32 local streets to allow for effective speed enforcement by the police. Without the ordinance, officers said they were handcuffed in their ability to enforce the law effectively. ``Please give us the tools to do our job,'' Sgt. Lewie Guay appealed to the council. The proposed speed limit adjustments are a result of surveys that determined the speed at or below which 85 percent of the drivers in the speed sample were traveling - a rate that is considered safe and reasonable. The new speed limits based on the surveys would allow officers to use radar or laser equipment to gauge the speed of drivers and ticket them. If the City Council does not vote to increase the speed limits at their meeting next week, the police will be forced to estimate drivers' speed by keeping pace with cars - a tactic that introduces a public hazard, officers said. ``The radar gives them (the police) a chance,'' said Councilman Dave Weaver
The Weavers are small passerine birds related to the finches. These are seed-eating birds with rounded conical bills, most of which breed in sub-Saharan Africa, with fewer species in tropical . Some residents expressed their concerns that the increase in speed limits would create a dangerous environment for pedestrians and in areas near schools. ``The signal the city should be sending to the public is we should slow down, not speed up,'' said Glendale resident Bob Goetz. But city officials explained that the higher speed limits did not necessarily mean people would be driving faster. ``There is a misconception mis·con·cep·tion n. A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding: had many misconceptions about the new tax program. that when you increase the speed limit by 5 or 10 mph, people are going to drive 5 or 10 mph above the new speed limit,'' said Jano Baghdanian, the city's traffic and transportation administrator. Street segments that would increase from 25 to 30 mph include Chevy Chase Chevy Chase (chĕv`ē), town (1990 pop. 8,559), Montgomery co., W central Md., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; founded as a village, inc. 1914. Drive from Glenoaks Boulevard to Charing Cross Road Charing Cross Road is a London street which runs north from Trafalgar Square to St Giles' Circus (the intersection with Oxford Street) and then becomes Tottenham Court Road. It is so called because it leads from Charing Cross. and Glenoaks Boulevard from Avonoak Terrace to Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow out-of-the-way, old-world village on Hudson. [Am. Lit.: “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” in Benét, 575] See : Isolation Drive. Street segments on Broadway from San Fernando Road San Fernando Road is a major street in the city and county of Los Angeles. It starts off in Castaic as The Old Road, passing through Santa Clarita and the Newhall Pass, where upon its intersection with Sierra Highway near the junction of the Golden State (I-5) and the to Wilson Avenue would increase 10 mph to 35 mph as well as on Chevy Chase Drive from the western city limit to Glenoaks Boulevard. The council approved increasing the speed limits on 57 street segments in December 2001 to meet the requirements of the California Vehicle Code The California Vehicle Code contains the majority of statutes relating to the ownership and operation of motor vehicles in the state of California in the United States. It contains extensive portions relating to the organization and function of the California Department of Motor for speed zoning and to ensure the city's legal position with regard to the enforcement of speeds on those street segments. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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