Originally Posted by Torrilin

Last year, the city hired 30 new police officers. So I would dearly love to see some of our fine young officers doing speed traps and red light stings.

I visited my parents last month, and drove for the first time in years. I had half convinced myself that people couldn't possibly be speeding as much as I thought... turns out, my eyeballs are just as well calibrated as they were 4 years ago. The average Madison driver is going at least 5mph over the speed limit, and they're often going 10-20mph over the limit.

I see far too many people run red lights. Car drivers, trucks, motorcycles, scooters and cyclists all do it. At a few intersections, it is due to a dangerously short yellow, but most of the time, the person is being plain reckless. It's quite scary, since you can never be *sure* that a car will stay put and not T-bone you.