We’ve all seen it before. A car races past and not a cop in sight to stop them. Olympia police are highlighting their unique approach to stop the speeders in their tracks. They’re using volunteers.
We’ve all seen it before. A car races past and not a cop in sight to stop them.Olympia police are highlighting their unique approach to stop the speeders in their tracks.They don’t issue tickets, but drivers caught going over the speed limit get a warning in the mail.
This is just one of the ways they are trying to stop speeding in the city. They call it the three Es — engineering, enforcement and education.It takes no time to find someone in Olympia who has seen someone driving way too fast. “Oh, yeah,” said Heidi Chambers, who visits her mother in Olympia. “People just cut me off. And like I see them coming, and I just slow down. And when people get on me, I pull over.”
“It’s pretty much in the midday and towards evening time,” said Ronnie Anthony of Olympia. “They’re just trying to get home. And it becomes an issue. Everybody’s just trying to get to where they’re going.”“It’s to supplement the officers out doing actual speed enforcement where they are writing tickets,” Rebekah Zeisemer said.
Zeisemer oversees the Olympia Police Department’s Speed Watch program. She says about 30 trained volunteers set up speed zones. Those caught driving at least 10 mph over the speed limit receive a warning letter and a reminder of the fine if they are clocked by a cop.“I think sometimes, especially if it’s a regular drive you take, you just get into autopilot,” she said, “and maybe you’re not paying attention to what your speedometer says.
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