Central County : CHP Use of Radar OKd for Area Near Tustin
The Board of Supervisors on Wednesday approved the use of radar by the California Highway Patrol in an unincorporated portion of the county northeast of Tustin, the second unincorporated area in which radar will be used to crack down on speeding motorists.
Supervisor Roger Stanton said that the “bulk of the opinion is very strong in the community” in favor of using radar and that the request that two radar guns be used came from “the folks in that area.”
Supervisor Bruce Nestande urged the county Environmental Management Agency to see if placement of speed limit signs in the area could be improved, saying that frequent changes in speed limits often leave drivers confused about what the maximum speed is on a particular stretch of road.
“This area has got a number of fairly dangerous pathways and roads,” Nestande said, citing Newport Avenue north of 17th Street. “There needs to be some slowing down.”
But Nestande said he hopes the CHP uses good judgment and concentrates on the most dangerous areas “when they do their sneaking around, so to speak,” in hunting for speeding motorists.
The two radar units were purchased by the county for $3,670 and will be given to the CHP. CHP officers began using county-bought radar guns to monitor motorists on seven major streets in Mission Viejo in December, 1983.
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