SPEED PATROL STOPS 35; CHP TRIO FINDS FAST MOTORISTS ON OLD ROAD.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer Thirty-five motorists were stopped for speeding Tuesday on The Old Road by a California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. special enforcement team armed with a radar gun radar gun n. A usually hand-held device that measures the velocity of a moving object by sending out a continuous radio wave and measuring the frequency of reflected waves. . Twenty-five drivers were cited and 10 were issued verbal warnings during the morning crackdown midway between Pico Canyon Road and McBean Parkway, near the Valencia Marketplace shopping center shopping center, a concentration of retail, service, and entertainment enterprises designed to serve the surrounding region. The modern shopping center differs from its antecedents—bazaars and marketplaces—in that the shops are usually amalgamated into . Kathy Tarrant of Pine Mountain Pine Mountain may refer to:
Chuck E. Cheese's is a chain of family entertainment centers. The concept centers around a basic sit-down pizza restaurant, complemented by arcade games, small rides, animatronic characters, and other popular diversions for young children's restaurant. ``It's a lousy day,'' Tarrant said. ``It didn't start out great, I'm getting a speeding ticket Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Ohio I was traveling on a two lane street with an officer driving toward me in the opposite direction. and now I get to go to Chuck E. Cheese.'' Tarrant said she normally stays within the speed limit, but wasn't used to the smooth ride of her new truck. That's typical, Officer Luis Lopez said. ``It's not that people are speeding on purpose,'' Lopez said. ``Most of the time they just aren't paying attention to how fast they're going.'' The three-man Community Enhancement Response Team concentrated on motorists exceeding the 40 mph speed limit by at least 10 mph, said lead Officer Richard Marquez. The most flagrant violator was a man going 68 mph. ``Just about everyone is speeding,'' Marquez said. The Los Angeles-based team specializes in speed enforcement and is called into areas in the region with chronic traffic problems, Marquez said. Recent speeding crackdowns in Canyon Country - on the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , Soledad Canyon Road and Sierra Highway - netted 247 tickets in six days, said Officer Doug Sweeney, spokesman for the CHP's Newhall station. On Tuesday, the three officers took turns manning the radar gun, standing on the sidewalk near the Macaroni Grill restaurant. Speeders were clocked, then guided by the officer into the parking lot where they were either ticketed or warned. One elderly woman late for a doctor appointment was among those let go with a warning. Marquez said a quick assessment of the woman and her car indicated she probably would have trouble paying a traffic fine. ``I talked to her, I told her what she had done and explained that being late wasn't an excuse to speed,'' he said. ``She was nervous and shaking. She's the kind of person who would take a warning seriously. It's a judgment call.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan Officer Robert Marquez aims his radar gun at possible speeders Tuesday on The Old Road in Valencia. (2--Color) CHP Officers Luis Lopez, left, and Todd Hollowell write citations. Twenty-five motorists received citations and 10 were given warnings. Shaun Dyer/Special to the Daily News |
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