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To
help reduce speed in the community and educate and provide information
to the public the police department acquired a speed SMART trailer.
The speed SMART trailer is a portable, self-contained speed display
unit that is towed to sites experiencing speed-related problems.
Motorists
will see their speeds displayed on a highly visible LED display. A speed limit
sign above the display reminds motorists to pay attention and ease up on the
gas pedal. The trailer is also capable of informing violators by offering the
motorist a Violator Alert notice. The amber LEDs flash red when a speeder
exceeds a preprogrammed speed, sending a This means YOU message across the screen.
A traffic
statistics computer provides 15-minute tallies of traffic counts and speeds,
and an analysis by percentile speed categories in 5-mph or 1-mph groups, for speed
surveys. After the data is collected an operator may display or print graphs, print a
hard copy of the data, or download the files to another computer. The data includes
vehicle count and average speed in 15 minute intervals; total vehicle count; minimum,
maximum and average speeds; 50th and 85th percentiles; ten mile pace; and the number
of vehicles recorded for each mile per hour recorded. The computer will plot either a bar
or line graph with the number the vehicles vs. time of day, vehicle speed vs. time of day,
and vehicle speed vs. number of vehicles.
Information
gathered by the trailer can be used to determine areas within the city for high traffic
enforcement or in determining need for enforcement.
If
a resident would like to have the speed trailer parked in their neighborhood to
monitor traffic, please contact the Savage Police Department at
952.882.2600.
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