A story in the Yakima Herald Republic says the Yakima Police Department wrote 68 citations for street racing and 64 citations for reckless driving between January 2020 and May 2021.
Cleaver says the county went from an upposted 50 mph to a posted 45 mph speed limit over about 2.21 miles of road. If a driver is going 50 mph the travel time is 2 minutes and 39 seconds. The same distance at 45 mph will take an extra 18 seconds.
The Yakima County Sheriff’s Office Deputies will be monitoring the area to make sure that drivers are as the release says conforming to the new speed limit.