We need more Bill Frazes. I don't get the complainers. If they don't want to be videotaped going by Mr. Fraze's house, then why are they driving by his house?
Man Uses Video Camera to Catch Speeders
Sat Apr 23, 5:59 PM ET
VALPARAISO, Ind. - A man tired of drivers speeding through his neighborhood has started videotaping the violators.
Bill Fraze of Valparaiso said police always ask for a license plate number or a vehicle type when he reports motorists violating the 20 mph speed limit near his home on Beech Street.
So he decided to use a video recorder to catch them, the 34-year-old father told the Post-Tribune of Merrillville for a Saturday story.
Some motorists complained to police last week about Fraze's videotaping.
But Fraze said the drivers who use the street as a shortcut between two busier thoroughfares pose a danger to the many children in the neighborhood in the city some 20 miles southeast of Gary. Fraze said Valparaiso officers have come to the area to catch speeders but often have to leave after a short time.
If you can't backup, don't try itIn England we teach drivers to back into the parking space, they are taught to drive past the space slowly in order to get a good look at the space...
"Police can't be here 24 hours," he said.
Fraze also has posted his own speed limit sign in his driveway. The sign, made of two wooden boards, bears the warning: "Slow down ... 20 mph."
