PAYSON, Utah (ABC 4 News) – ABC 4 is taking action to dig into a concern about speeding construction trucks. One ABC 4 viewer in Payson tells us the big rigs are a big problem. So we sent our Speed Zapper Brian Carlson to find out if they're really behaving badly.
They drive past all hours of the day.
“They pick it up coming up this way,” said Adam Beesley, Payson resident.
Beesley lives on 1700 West in Payson. He said he’s worried about speeders, mainly construction trucks traveling out to I-15. He claims they're putting people in his apartment complex at risk.
“It just takes one accident to take a life and I don't want to see that,” Beesley said.
He said drivers are speeding and wants it to stop. So we paired up with Payson police to put truck drivers under the gun. We found speeders, but almost none of them truckers. In fact when we talked with Safety Manager Andy Anderson with Ames Construction, he gave us a copy of the letter they give to all their drivers which states – “If a complaint is made from a member of the public or law enforcement that identifies a specific truck or company, the driver will be immediately removed from the project for it’s duration.”
So who's doing the speeding? Everybody else.
“We zapped you going 44 miles an hour right there,” Reporter Brian Carlson told one speeder.
“Do you know how fast you were going?” Carlson asked another speeder.
“Uh, 35,” the other speeder said.
“Do you know what the speed limit is?” Carlson asked.
“25,” he said.
Most were cordial, but one man didn't exactly care for our questions.
“If you noticed it changed why didn't you slow down earlier?” Carlson asked a third speeder.
“I don't know, why do people speed?” the speeder said.
“I'm not trying to bust your chops, I'm just asking...” Carlson replied.
“You’re being a jack*** and I don't like the way you're talking to me,” he said.
Whether they like it or not, now that we and neighbors took action, police said these flashing lights will be a sign of things to come.
“Hopefully people will come to realize it's not a joke,” said Beesley.
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.
