State Patrol motorcycle troopers crack down on speeders on Interstate 5 in Tukwila earlier this week. - COURTESY PHOTO, State Patrol
COURTESY PHOTO, State Patrol
State Patrol motorcycle troopers crack down on speeders on Interstate 5 in Tukwila earlier this week.

State Patrol catches 111 speeders along I-5 in Tukwila in four days

By STEVE HUNTER
Tukwila Reporter Reporter
October 14, 2011 · 4:26 PM

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Washington State Patrol motorcycle troopers stopped more than 100 speeders during a four-day emphasis earlier this week in the Tukwila area on Interstate 5.

The Tukwila area of I-5 is a heavily traveled route that many motorists take commuting to Seattle area jobs, Sea-Tac Airport and Boeing Field. Data shows this area has a large number of speed-related collisions, according to a State Patrol media release.

The Seattle division of the State Patrol motor detachment is focusing efforts to reduce collisions throughout King County.

In just four days, three motorcycle troopers worked a speed emphasis for three hours each morning making 111 stops for speed and contacted 16 drivers violating the HOV lane restriction.

Trooper Bryan Martin planned the emphasis to respond to the “large number of speed violations in the area."

Contact Tukwila Reporter Reporter Steve Hunter at shunter@tukwilareporter.com or 253-872-6600, ext. 5052.

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