COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS, Utah (ABC 4 News) – This week the Speed Zapper is focusing on student speeders at Brighton High School. Neighbors tell us drivers there are putting children at risk. So we sent out Brian Carlson to teach them to slow down. They even tried to warn each other to get out of it.
Police said they know the speeders on Nantucket Drive.
"They go 35 to 40 miles-an-hour in a 25 zone," said Officer Chad Soffe, Cottonwood Heights Police.
Nantucket is the main road that leads to the Brighton High School parking lot and that's where most speeders are headed.
“They speed, they don't stop, there's no right of way,” said Conley Olson, Cottonwood Heights resident.
When we spoke with neighbors, they're worried their children are going to get hurt.
“I'm just concerned with not only my family but all the families in the neighborhood,” said Jill Pregill, Cottonwood Heights resident.
So we grabbed the Speed Zapper, teamed up with Cottonwood Heights Police and stopped several students, including one young driver who just got his license this summer.
“Do you think you should slow down?” Reporter Brian Carlson asked the driver.
“Yes,” he said.
He tells us he felt pressured to speed.
“Peer pressure I'd say,” explained the driver.
“What kind of peer pressure?” Carlson asked.
“You don't want to be late to school and stuff,” he said.
As other students passed us, we learned they warned each other we were there.
“Today one of the parents told me they were flashing their lights saying there's an officer down the road,” said Officer Soffe.
As long as they're listening, neighbors hope they get a new message before someone gets hit.
“We've had so many accidents on this street, that it's only a matter of time,” said Pregill.
If you need Brian to zap speeders in your neighborhood, let him know about it. Just go to the Speed Zapper section of abc4.com. Tell him about the problem. And he’ll zap ‘em.
