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Top 20 worst spots for speeding tickets
APD releases list of city speed zones
Updated: Monday, 20 Feb 2012, 3:01 PM CST
Published : Monday, 20 Feb 2012, 5:30 AM CST
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police write thousands of tickets every year, but some places throughout the city get many more people in trouble than others.
KXAN News submitted public information requests to find out where officers are giving out the most tickets in the city. APD sent a list of the 20 places where officers have stopped the most drivers for speeding.
No. 1 on the list: the 4600 block of North Interstate 35. That's just north of the upper- and lower deck split, near Dell Children's Medical Center.
Records show that Austin police gave out 1,354 tickets last year at that spot.
The 1700 block of Enfield Road is the second highest location for speeding tickets. The area is known for curvy downhill lanes between MoPac and Lamar Boulevard.
In the past year, officers have handed out 1,164 tickets in that area.
Austin police officers focus patrols on intersections and roadways which have the most accidents, particularly deadly crashes.
Every two weeks, highway enforcement officers review traffic safety data to determine where officers will focus patrols.
"As a result, we saw a 10 percent reduction in collisions last year," said APD Commander Jason Dusterhoft, who said the reduction was city-wide.
Dusterhoft said the department hopes crashes will continue to go down with the strategic placement of resources based on traffic safety data..
Top 20 speed zones in Austin
- 4600 block North I-35 - 1,354 tickets
- 1700 block Enfield Road - 1,164 tickets
- 1500 block West Ben White - 936 tickets
- 3000 block South I-35 - 888 tickets
- 1400 block East Anderson Lane - 873 tickets
- 7100 block East Ben White - 838 tickets
- 10100 block North I-35 - 797 tickets
- 4500 block North I-35 - 794 tickets
- 1900 block Ed Bluestein - 700 tickets
- 8200 block Manchaca Road - 689 tickets
- 7200 block East Ben White Blvd. - 607 tickets
- 1400 block West Anderson Lane - 605 tickets
- 1600 block Enfield - 444 tickets
- 4000 block Airport Blvd. - 384 tickets
- 1600 block Enfield Road - 378 tickets
- (tie) 8600 block North I-35 - 271 tickets
- (tie) 1700 block East Riverside Drive - 271 tickets
- 2600 block East Martin Luther King - 270 tickets
- 13600 block Research Blvd. - 256 tickets
- 3200 block West William Cannon - 242 tickets
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