Target 11 Catches Speeders On Anderson Road, Winchester Drive
Posted: 5:20 p.m. EDT July 29, 2003Updated: 6:16 p.m. EDT August 7, 2003
PITTSBURGH -- Since Target 11's first Speed Busters report aired two weeks ago, we've heard from close to 200 people who complain about speeding in their neighborhoods.
Target 11's Karen Welles checks out two of those complaints -- Anderson Road in Shaler Township and Winchester Drive in McCandless.
Target 11 found the complaints are correct. By using a speed gun, admittedly not the official radar gun used by state police, Target 11 found plenty of drivers going well over the posted speed limits.
The posted speed limit on Anderson Road in Shaler Township is 35 mph.
But neighbors complain cars ignore it and speed on the curvy, hilly road.
Welles: "Neighbors up here have been complaining about people speeding on this road here."
Driver: "I'm one of the neighbors here."
Welles: "Well, if you're one of the neighbors how come you're speeding?"
Driver: "Like I said, it's the way I come down I guess." Target 11 clocked one of the McCandless residents at 49 mph. Target 11 even gave drivers some leeway, only questioning those who were driving at least 10 mph over the speed limit. One Jeep was clocked at 46 mph.
Jeep driver: "People end up in our front yard every year. About two people taking out telephone poles on the bend up there."
Welles: "Well then if you live up there and have had this happen, why are you speeding?"
Jeep driver: "I wasn't paying attention I guess. Guilty as charged." Target 11 caught up with another driver.
Welles: "We got you going 48 and it's 35 here."
Man said: "Oh whoops. Yeah, my parents live on this street and people do speed past their house all the time and I didn't even see anyone with VASCAR. So, yeah you busted me."
Welles: "What are your parents going to think if you're one of the speeders?"
Man said: "She just told me not to speed when I left and I told her I wouldn't so yeah I'm gonna get busted." Tony Vecenie is worried about the safety of children in the neighborhood.
"The concern is just to slow them down a little bit coming down to this end here. There should be no reason to be flying like that. They are going way too fast," Vecenie said. Neighbors complain cars drive too fast on Winchester and Remington in McCandless. The speed limit 25 mph. The driver of one car was clocked at 41 mph.
Welles: "Did you realize you were going that fast?"
Driver: "No."
Welles: "Do you know what the speed limit is here?"
Driver: "Not sure. 25 mph?" The investigation continued from car to car.
Welles: "We got you going at 40."
Woman: "Oh, ha! I didn't even realize it."
Welles: "Do you know what the speed limit is here?"
Woman: "No, I didn't." The problem is, for a quiet neighborhood, there's a lot of traffic on this McCandless road as people use it as a short cut to avoid McKnight Road. Target 11 found another vehicle driving 36 mph.
Welles: "Did you realize you were going that fast?"
Driver" "No, I didn't. Coming down that hill like that it's pretty fast so I guess I should slow down more." Neighbors said a child on a bike was hit by a car on these roads. There are rocks and tree stumps placed in yards to try to keep drivers off the lawns. And there are stop signs to slow down speeders, but Target 11 found car after car speeding. One neighbor told Target 11 when police watch for drivers running a stop sign, it's like shooting fish in a barrel, they get one after another. Along Anderson Road in Shaler Township, police periodically set up a sign that flashes the driver's speed to try to get cars to slow down. Neighbors in both places said police are trying, but they think drivers should be more responsible.
Target 11's Karen Welles checks out two of those complaints -- Anderson Road in Shaler Township and Winchester Drive in McCandless.
Target 11 found the complaints are correct. By using a speed gun, admittedly not the official radar gun used by state police, Target 11 found plenty of drivers going well over the posted speed limits.
The posted speed limit on Anderson Road in Shaler Township is 35 mph.
But neighbors complain cars ignore it and speed on the curvy, hilly road.
Welles: "Neighbors up here have been complaining about people speeding on this road here."Driver: "I'm one of the neighbors here."
Welles: "Well, if you're one of the neighbors how come you're speeding?"
Driver: "Like I said, it's the way I come down I guess." Target 11 clocked one of the McCandless residents at 49 mph. Target 11 even gave drivers some leeway, only questioning those who were driving at least 10 mph over the speed limit. One Jeep was clocked at 46 mph.
Jeep driver: "People end up in our front yard every year. About two people taking out telephone poles on the bend up there."
Welles: "Well then if you live up there and have had this happen, why are you speeding?"
Jeep driver: "I wasn't paying attention I guess. Guilty as charged." Target 11 caught up with another driver.
Welles: "We got you going 48 and it's 35 here."
Man said: "Oh whoops. Yeah, my parents live on this street and people do speed past their house all the time and I didn't even see anyone with VASCAR. So, yeah you busted me."
Welles: "What are your parents going to think if you're one of the speeders?"
Man said: "She just told me not to speed when I left and I told her I wouldn't so yeah I'm gonna get busted." Tony Vecenie is worried about the safety of children in the neighborhood.
"The concern is just to slow them down a little bit coming down to this end here. There should be no reason to be flying like that. They are going way too fast," Vecenie said. Neighbors complain cars drive too fast on Winchester and Remington in McCandless. The speed limit 25 mph. The driver of one car was clocked at 41 mph.
Welles: "Did you realize you were going that fast?"
Driver: "No."
Welles: "Do you know what the speed limit is here?"
Driver: "Not sure. 25 mph?" The investigation continued from car to car.
Welles: "We got you going at 40."
Woman: "Oh, ha! I didn't even realize it."
Welles: "Do you know what the speed limit is here?"
Woman: "No, I didn't." The problem is, for a quiet neighborhood, there's a lot of traffic on this McCandless road as people use it as a short cut to avoid McKnight Road. Target 11 found another vehicle driving 36 mph.
Welles: "Did you realize you were going that fast?"
Driver" "No, I didn't. Coming down that hill like that it's pretty fast so I guess I should slow down more." Neighbors said a child on a bike was hit by a car on these roads. There are rocks and tree stumps placed in yards to try to keep drivers off the lawns. And there are stop signs to slow down speeders, but Target 11 found car after car speeding. One neighbor told Target 11 when police watch for drivers running a stop sign, it's like shooting fish in a barrel, they get one after another. Along Anderson Road in Shaler Township, police periodically set up a sign that flashes the driver's speed to try to get cars to slow down. Neighbors in both places said police are trying, but they think drivers should be more responsible.
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