Police target speeders on Lead Ave.

POLICE OFFICERS SET UP SPEED TRAPS THERE ALMOST EVERYDAY -- BUT LEAD-FOOTED DRIVERS STILL DON T GET THE MESSAGE WE RE TALKING ABOUT LEAD AVENUE -- JUST EAST OF I-25 NEAR PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL AND AS OUR JEFF MAHER SAW AND HEARD FIRSTHAND TODAY -- SOME DRIVERS COME UP WITH SOME PRETTY INTERESTING EXCUSES WHEN THEY GET NAILED IT DOESN T MATTER WHAT TIME YOU RE OUT HERE - DAY OR NIGHT DRIVERS SPEED DOWN LEAD AND POLICE JUST SIT HERE - CATCHING THEM BY THE DOZENS MOST DRIVERS BLAME IT ON THE FACT THAT THIS PART OF THE STREET IS ON A DOWNWARD SLOPE - BUT THAT S NOT THE ONLY EXCUSE OFFICERS HEAR NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES OFFICERS ARE OUT HERE - NO MATTER HOW MANY TICKETS THEY HAND OUT - DRIVERS JUST KEEP ON SPEEDING how come you were traveling so fast Running late for work Running late for work AND EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE AN EXCUSE - THIS DRIVER SAYS SHE WAS SPEEDING BECAUSE SHE WAS RUNNING LOW ON GAS AND WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT TO THE GAS STATION i m not even lying to you THIS GUY WAS CAUGHT GOING 56 MILES PER HOUR ON HIS MOTORCYCLE THE SPEED LIMIT IS 30 HIS EXCUSE - HE WAS JUST HAVING A BAD DAY THEN THERE S THIS DRIVER - HE WAS CAUGHT GOING 64 MILES PER HOUR HE SAYS HE HAD A GOOD REASON FOR IT my girlfriend s mom is at the hospital so she wanted me to go pick her up and take her so that s why I was sorta kinda speeding if I was out here for 8 hours straight I would write at least a hundred tickets a hundred tickets at least Easily OFFICERS CONSIDER THIS AREA ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS SPOTS - BECAUSE THERE S A PRIVATE SCHOOL NEARBY AND LOTS OF PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS TRYING TO CROSS - SO NOT MANY DRIVERS GET A BREAK pretty much I need to give you a citation Alright just give me the citation then OFFICERS SAY SOME OTHER BAD SPOTS ARE ANYWHERE ON LOUISIANA AND ON CENTRAL IN NOB HILL it s a problem everywhere in albuquerque I think people are always speeding so it s just something I ve gotten used to I guess the speed limit is only 30 miles per hour So drive 30 miles per hour So I guess you just have to suck it up and pay the fine yeah I guess so AND POLICE DON T JUST CATCH SPEEDERS OUT HERE - THEY ALSO ARE CONSTANTLY BUSTING DRIVERS FOR TALKING ON THEIR CELL PHONES NOT WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS AND NOT BUCKLING THEIR KIDS IN REPORTING IN SOUTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE JEFF MAHER EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR BERNALILLO COUNTY DEPUTIES