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<br />I II C ULA TI NG TH I S L ETTER I CALLED ON 26 PERSONS. EACH. ONE SiGNED THE LETTER W"TH I,
<br />i NO HESITATION WHATSOEVER. I
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<br />"II IN fURTHER CONVER~ATION WITH ~HE ActiNG MAYOR, I TOLD HIM THAT I WOULD !I
<br />, PREPARE AN Af~ I DA V I T BEAR I NG MY OWN S'I GNA~(URE" IN WHI C~ I WOU~D SET fORTH :1
<br />i SOME Of THE THINGS WHICH I TOLD HIM IN MY TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH HI~. ~
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<br />~ IT IS ~Y PURPOSE, IN THIS AfFIDAVIT"T~ C~LL THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMON ~
<br />11 COUNCIL. OF THE, CITY Of EUGENE .TO !~O SORTS OF fACTS: (I) .THE NATURE, Of THE ,1
<br />r TRAffiC VIOLATIONS WH1CH OCCUR IN THE.ABOVE.SPECIFIED AREA; A~D (2) THE AP- J
<br />II, PEALS THAT I HAVE MADE PERSO. NALL Y TO, THE' EUGENE CITY POL I CE, DEPARTMENT I N AN ;1
<br />) EffORT TO MAKE THEM AWARE THAT THE VIOLATION' DO EXIST, AND TO REQUEST THAT ,
<br />~ THE VIOLATOR~ BE APPREHENDED AND PROSECUTEri AC~ORDING TO THE LA~. ~
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<br />(I) NATURE ~f THE VIOLATIONS: 1
<br />I (A) SPEEDING. CARS THAT USE'WE'ST 29TH AVENUE AND LINCOLN STREET IN"THE :.1
<br />e!i AREAS SPE,ClflED ABOV.~FREQUENTLY'AND REP~'ATE'iiLY TRAVEL AT. HIGH RATES I.
<br />i; Of SPEED. . MANY OF THEM AT RATES OF SPEED IN EXCES'S Of 35 MILES PER ;1
<br />i HOUR, AND ON NOT .INFREQUENT OCCASIONS,. AT, SPEEDS' WHICH I WOULD ESTI- i
<br />II MATE TO BE 50 MILES pER HOUR. ;1
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<br />!i (B) fAILURE TO STOP AT'STOP SIGNS. . THERE IS A STOP SIGN AT THE CORNER OF 1\
<br />I.: SOUTH LI NCOLN STREET, AND WEST 29TH AVENUE FO'R CA-RS TRAVEL I NG SOUTH ON ;,.1,
<br />I I: LI NCOLN STREET. TH I S I S THE I NTERSECT ION AT ONE CORNER Of THE fRANCES :
<br />,; WILLARD SCHOOL PRO.P.ERTY WHERE TWO .CROSSWALKS FOR CHILDREN .ARE INVOLVED. !I
<br />i CARS fAIL TO STOP AT THIS SIGN FREQUENTLY. THERE IS A STOP SIGN AT THE II
<br />,I CITY LIMITS OrWEiST 29TH AV~NUE. J.USr..AT THE JUNCTION" Of WE.ST 29TH AVE- !i
<br />; NUE AND TH,E LORANE HIGHWAY. T~IS S~I.~N I~ ~,EANT 1", OR TRAFfI-C TRAVELLING 1,".,1
<br />~ EAST ON WEST 29TH AVENUE. THERE ARE MANY CARS WHICH ENTER THIS INTER- ~
<br />Ii SECT I ON .FROM WEST 29TH AVENUE.. THE MA~OR I T.Y, Of THEM fA I L TO ,STOP. II
<br />~ THIS IS A fLAGRANT AND CONSISTENT CIOLATION BY A HIGH PERtENTAGE Of I
<br />~ THE PEOeLE DRIVING CARS THROUGH THIS JUNCTION. :1
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<br />11 (C) DRAG RACING AND SQUIRRELING. THIS IS AN AREA ~HICH IS ~REQUENTED B~ i
<br />, HOT-ROD CARS DR I VEN. BY PEOPLE. .WHO, JUDG I NG fROM THE I R ACT IONS AND 1
<br />~ ATTITUDES, CAN BE DESCRIBED IN NO OTHE~ TERMS BUT INTENTIONA~LY INCON- I,
<br />I: SIDERATE OF. THE RIGHTS AND WELfARE OF OTHERS. CONSISTENTLY ONE HEARS 'I
<br />! THE "LOUD SQUEAL Of. RUBBER ON PAVEMENT AS CARS START :WI TH THROTTLE WI DE :'
<br />i OPEN AND GEAR'S .1 N LOW RANGE. ON ONE OCCAS ION" WH.I LE I. WAS' I N MY FRONT il
<br />r YARD, TWO HOT-ROD CARS LINED UP, :SIDE BY SIDE, I,N FRONT Of MY HOME, Ii
<br />I.,' fAC tNG EAST. . A PASSENGER fROM ONE Of, THESE CARS GOl OUT ANt) ACTED. AS !:l
<br />; A STARTER fOR THESE RACERS, .COUNTING "ONE. -- TWO ,--THREE". AT THE :1
<br />~ COUNT or THREE, BOTH CARS TOOK Off,. MOTORS AT FULL TH~OTTLE, GEARS IN ~
<br />I: LOW RANGE, TIRES SCREAMING. SIDE BY SIDE THEY RACED EAST ON WEST 29TH Ii
<br />I: AVENUE AT. A SP.EED THAT REACHED, I W,OULD B.E CERTAIN, 50 MILES PER HOUR. i:1
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<br />Ii (D) ILLEGAL EQUIPMENT. THERE ARE ,A NUMBE,R Of CARS WHICH DRIVE IN THIS il
<br />I II,' AREA REGULARLY, WHLCH, BECAUSE .T,HEY ARE NOT EQUIPPED WI.TH .MUFFLERS - !'
<br />~ HAVING ONLY STRAIGHT EXHAUST PIPES ~ CREATE MUCH UNNECESSARY NOISE ~l
<br />I; WHEN THEY TRAVEL AT HIGH. ,RATES Of SPEED. SEVERAL SUCH CARS USE WEST j
<br />'i 29TH AVENUE REGULARL Y. I TIS CHARACTER I ST I C FOR THEM TO APPROACH F:ROM :1
<br />U THE WEST AT HIGH RATES Of SPEED, ROARING DOWN THE STREET. THERE IS ONE ~
<br />II, I N PART I CULAR - I T. APPEARS TO, BE A 1954 OT 1953 MERCURY - WH I CH AT LEAST ~l
<br />,i TWICE A DAY, USUALLY DURING THE HOURS BETWEEN 7:00 PM AND 10:30 PM, AP- ii'
<br />I PROACHES TH I S AREA fROM THE WEST V I A SOUTH WASH I NGTON SrREf;T. TH I S CCAR I
<br />e I STOPS FOR THE STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION Of SOUlH WI\SHINGTON STREET 11
<br />i AND THE LORANE HIGHWAY. THEN, JAMMING THE CAR INTO SECOND GEAR, THIS ~
<br />i, DRIV.ER DIGS .OUT INTO THE LORANE HIGHWAY, TIRES SCREAMING, .PIPES ROARING, !il
<br />lj AND PROCEEDS AT A VERY HIGH ,RATE OF. SPEED EASTWARD ON'THE LQRANE HIGH- [I
<br />I; WAY, ENTERING THE ,CI,TY LIMITS AND PROCEEDS EASTWARD ON WEST 29TH AVElI!UE. :1
<br />~ I WOULD ESTIMATE THAT THIS CAR REACHES A SpEED O~ 50 MILES PER HOUR BY ~
<br />II, THE TIME I TIS I N THE M I DOLE Of 'THE SCHOOL ZONE ON WEST 29TH A VENUE rl
<br />t ADJACENT TO THE fRANCES WIL~ARD SCHOOL. HE THEN EASES UP ON THE !
<br />~ THROTTLE AND COASTS TO WILLAMElTE STREET, EXHAUST PIPES POPPING ANQ ij
<br />Ii BACKFIRING IN THE UNMUffLED PIPES. IN ADDITION TO THE NOISE WHICH THIS II
<br />! DRIVER CREATES HE CONSTI~UTES A DANGEROUS,MENACE TO pEDESTRIANS WHO, 1
<br />I BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS I N THE AREA WHERE HE REACHES HIS GREAT- :l!
<br />Ii EST SP.EED, ARE fORCED.TO,WALK IN:THE STREET. DURING.THE Sc:HOOL YEAR !'I
<br />II, CHilDREN OFTEN WALK TO AND fROM NIGHT FUNCTIONS AT THE' fRA~CES WILLARD ",'i
<br />~ SCHOOL AT JUST.ABOUT THE:TIME THAT THIS MOST DANGEROUS DRIVER COMES ~
<br />I II ROAR I NG DOWN _THE ,STREET.' 1H IS 'DR I.VER I S A POTENTI AL KILLER AND SHOULD ~,'",i
<br />',1 BE APPREHENDED AND PROSECUTED'V I GOROUSL Y. II
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<br />I (E) RECKLESS DR.nING. ON SOUTH LINCOLN Sr'REET fROM THE HIGHER EL~VATION ~!
<br />I or THE HilL AT WEST 27TH AVENUE TO THE LOWER ELEVATION AT WEST 29TH ~I
<br />I~ AVENUE. THI$ IS ON A..STREET CONTIGUOUS WITH THE,fRANCES WILLARD SCHOOL 1,1,
<br />; GROUNDS. MANY CARS REGULARLY COME DOWN,THIS ,HILL AT .AN EXCESSIV~ RATE \\
<br />ii Of .SPEED, BUT THERE ARE. A REGULAR .GROUP .WHICH..COME DOWN' THIS HILL AT 1'.1
<br />II RATES OF SPEED BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MILES PER HOUR. ON TWO OCCASIONS, /:l
<br />.. Ii TONIGHT, SEPTEMBER 7TH., BETWEEN 9:00 AND'9: 10 PM, WHILE MY WifE AND I .\
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