The need for speed on the streets and avenueswithin the Southern University campus, has come to a halt and forced studentsto pump their brakes.
The Southern University Police Department isstressing the importance of obeying the imposed speed limits while driving oncampus.
“I think that’s pretty good,” said ReginaldWilliams, a junior marketing major from Omaha, Nebraska. “A lot of times it’s a risk to crossthe street just going to class.”
SUPD is stressing the consequences of going abovethe imposed limits.
“Speeding is a huge issue here on campus,” said SUPolice Chief Dale Flowers. “It’senforced to make sure all the pedestrians are safe — it’s the law.”
Those caught speeding on Southern’s campus will bepenalized by receiving a parish citation. The recipient of the citation will then have to make an appearancebefore a 19th District JudicialCourt judge to receive their punishment.
According to chief Flowers, the speed limit forall the streets on campus is 20 MPH. The only exception is Harding Boulevard, where the speed limit is 30MPH. Flowers said the the peak time of speeding cars on campus is around 8 a.m.when commuting students and faculty make their way to the school.
In order to further crack down on campus speeding,the SUPD is going to utilize radars as a means to catch those who ignore thelimit.
The police department hopes that the radars willdecrease the amount of citations given out.
”Inone period of two to three weeks, we handed out about 50 speeding tickets,”Flowers said.
