Sometimes you don't know who to complain to

I have a gripe about this 20mph "at all times" speed zone outside of Sunset High School. Two years ago the state of Oregon passed a law that mandated lower speed limits in school zones "for safety". The magic to this law was that any road that was 30mph or less in a school zone would be re-zoned as 20MPH at all times.

In my neck of the woods there is a fairly busy stretch of road that people use all the time. Prior to this law the speed limit was 35MPH, which was reasonable for the area. It slowed down from the 40MPH speed zone just West of it. Once this law came into play. The city/county/state or whoever changed the speed limit to 30MPH so that this stretch of road would fall into this new 20MPH at all times category.

Now, not only does it congest traffic, but it's also a clever speedtrap for the city of Beaverton's photo radar van. I may not have my facts straight, but I think the city of Beaverton was already sued for shortening the length of a yellow light at a Photo-radar intersection. These tactics are downright sneaky, and I don't believe they are for the protection of these high school students.

City of Beaverton Red Light Radar