PITTSBURGH -- Target 11 constantly receives complaints from viewers about speeding in their neighborhoods.

Target 11's Karen Welles armed herself with a speed gun to see if the complaints were valid.

And while Welles did not use the same type of radar gun police would, it certainly worked well enough to catch speeders in the act.

Welles began on Airport Road in Hopewell Township.

Neighbors don't think many drivers pay attention to the 20 mph speed limit. They say the speeding problem got even worse when the back road was used as a detour while Kane Road was under construction.

"Do you know how fast you were going?" Wells asked one driver.

"Probably 20 or 30 in between there," the unidentified man said.

"How about 35?" Welles said.

"Was I?" the man responded.

"Yeah," Welles said.

Since very few people were driving 20 mph or less, Target 11 decided to only question drivers who were going 35 or more -- at least 15 mph over the posted speed limit. It seemed just about every other car fit the bill.

"Do you know how fast you were just going?" Welles asked another driver.

"Twenty," the unidentified man said.

"Try 38," Welles responded.

"Is that right?" the man said.

"What do you think about that?" Welles asked.

"I don't think too much about it. I'm heading home. See ya later," the man said.

The fastest car Target 11 found was going 31 mph over the speed limit.

"What if we were police officers stopping you?" Welles asked the unidentified driver.

"I'd probably be in trouble. I'll have to slow down," the woman said.

Speeding complaints didn't stop there. Neighbors are also concerned in the Spring Garden section of Pittsburgh.

Many drivers use Concord as a shortcut from Route 28 to points north. The street doesn't seem like it would be busy -- it's narrow, one way and residential -- but apparently a lot of drivers use it.

"Hi. I'm Karen Welles from Channel 11 News. Are you aware that you were going over the speed limit on this street?" Welles asked.

"No, I wasn't," an unidentified woman said.

"Do you know what the speed limit is here?" Welles asked.

"Twenty-five ?" the woman said.

"We got you going at 32. What do you think about that?" Welles asked.

"I guess I better slow down," the woman said.

"The speed limit here is 25. We got you going about 32," Welles told another unidentified driver.

"OK," the man responded.

"What do you think about that?" Welles asked.

"Well, you ain't got no badge so I ain't worried about it," the man said.

Pittsburgh traffic says officers will check out streets where they receive a number of speeding complaints, but they haven't had an unusual amount about Concord.

And Hopewell Township police told Target 11 now that Kane Road is open again, the amount of traffic on Airport Road should decrease, but neighbors don't think the speed will.

Are you concerned about speeding in your neighborhood? Contact us and let us know.