dogsoldier0513:"To make matters worse, Sheffield drivers display the same arrogant attitude in the city's school zones."
mlholt:"I always wanted to be a traffic cop just one day a month. I wish someone would try to see just how many tickets they could write."
Has anyone ever considered using video camera to record those violations, then sharing the same with teevee stations and other news outlets?
A dear engineer friend of mine one day, several months ago, showed one of his new "toys" to us. It was a handheld radar unit, sometimes used by baseball teams to ascertain how fast a pitcher thew a"fast ball."
It would be a fairly small matter to record the driver's speed and their tag number, and accumulate enough witnessed evidence to present to the mass media with a News Conference, and THAT would get the city's attention (and the people's)!
In fact, another dear engineer friend is a Civil Engineer. As part of his Master's Thesis project he travelled throughout Alabama collecting data for roadway improvement. I was honored to briefly assist his project. The raw data was collected using video cameras on the roadside during daylight hours.
So, I KNOW that it's a very simple matter of changing these things... or at least making enough stink so that they'll listen and act!
Remember... not only does the 'squeaky wheel get the grease,' but 'lighting a candle also drives away darkness.'
Get your candles and oil cans out folks!
Do your citizen's duty!
And, you may save the lives of children and your own!