As part of its ongoing efforts to increase traffic safety and reduce traffic collisions, officers from the South San Francisco Police Department flooded the streets on Friday August 29th looking for speeders. Specially-trained officers conducted enforcement on Sister Cities Boulevard, Hillside Boulevard, and Westborough Boulevard. These locations have experienced significant collision rates with major injuries and or fatalities. Officers were equipped with high-tech Lidar devices that use an infrared laser to accurately measure a vehicle’s speed and distance. Officers handed out a total of 61 citations in the one day saturation. One unlicensed driver and one driver with a suspended license were issued
citations and removed from the roadways.
This operation was just one of many ongoing traffic safety operations scheduled to be conducted throughout the rest of this year and next year. The goal of these operations are to get drivers to slow down, be aware, and be safe. Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.