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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Traffic on 2nd: How much, how fast?

Written June 5th, 2018 by Hasso Hering

Right about here, on Albany’s Second Avenue S.E., is where the city council wants to install a radar speed display sign in the hope of slowing drivers down. But first, the city wants to have good data on average speeds there now.


How best to slow speeders

Written August 3rd, 2017 by Hasso Hering

This is one way — the cheap way, if an old Crown Vic’s price is considered cheap — for little towns to encourage compliance with speed zones on Oregon highways. But the best way? Probably not.


Bill takes aim at left-lane hogs

Written March 18th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

On a slow day you can always amuse yourself by browsing what the Oregon legislature is up to. Take, for instance, the left-lane bill that cleared a Senate committee last Wednesday by a vote of 4 to zip.


Cameras could snap speeders too

Written February 19th, 2017 by Hasso Hering

Albany and other cities could use their red-light cameras to also catch speeders under a bill pending in the Oregon House. But the sensors at Queen and Geary may not be accurate enough for speeding tickets to stand up in court.


 
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