Technology fails speeder crackdown in Cedar Rapids
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Associated Press - July 29, 2010 3:24 PM ET
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Technology failed as police attempted to maintain their stepped up enforcement of speed laws on the major highways through Cedar Rapids on Thursday morning.
The batteries died on a laser speed gun an officer was operating from the Glass Road overpass, stalling the crackdown.
Capt. Steve O'Konek says officers have been using laser speed guns in recent weeks to catch speeders on Interstate 380 and Highways 30 and 100. He says the newer laser guns are better equipped to pick speeding cars out of groups of vehicles.
Regular patrols, unmarked cars and laser and radar guns are being used, along with newly installed speed cameras.
Capt. Tom Jonker says enforcement ebbs and flows depending on the resources available and the number of complaints about speeders.
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