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local Battalion/Page 3 March 11, 1982 larch 11 i Heed speed limits, DPS says by Jean Kiser Battalion Reporter If you’re planning to drive out of College Station for spring break, your best bet will be to drive at 55 mph be cause driver misjudgment and driver error usually result in traffic tickets, a Texas De partment of Safety spokes man said. 1‘Heed speed warnings and low down,” Sgt. Fred For- sthpff said. L^MSome cities — commonly , 1 i known as speed traps — cause more concern for motorists 55 others. ‘There are no speed traps Texas, but there are speed- enforced areas,” said Ted J) Buck, director of auto travel for the American Automobile Association in Houston. The AAA has received many complaints and requests for bail bonds from people traveling in these areas. Splendora and Kendleton, on Highway 59, are speed- enforced areas, he said, i .liiflyWe arrest more drunks 3 i *T than an y small town in c }nfl, Texas,” said CpI. Kirk Cole- tJli /: man 0 f t h e Kendleton Police Department. Buck also said motorists have complained recently ab- < oul tl 16 a l >sente °1 s P eec l limit signs in the Freeport area. The cities of Selma and 1 i\p Oak are on Interstate 35, a major highway leading to San Antonio. Selma City Sec- m retary Margie Lubinski said there is an officer on duty at all times, and radar is being used to monitor traffic. These speed-enforced areas replaced speed traps, which used to exist in certain parts of the United States. These speed traps were unco vered and eliminated after the law creating a uniform speed II limit of 55 mph was passed, Buck said. Speed traps were areas where speed limits were abruptly reduced without a clearly visible sign stating the change in the speed limit. Speed traps also were areas where traffic lights were rig ged to change suddenly to catch motorists off guard. The traps were set up to generate revenue to take the city tax burden off small town residents. As Texas A&M students, faculty, staff and administra tors travel through these speed-enforced areas this week and next, the chances are that some of them will be exceeding the speed limits in these zones. In 1979, Texas reported the highest average speed of any state with 69.7 percent of its drivers exceeding the speed limit. But that percentage is down. Figures released in March 1980 indicate that 63 percent of Texas drivers ex ceed speed limits. The DPS attributes the re duction to stepped-up law en forcement which came after the federal government threatened to shut off several million dollars in annual high way funds if the speed wasn’t reduced. The department spends an average of 56 percent of its total operating funds on traf fic law enforcement. More un marked cars, radar-equipped units and officers monitor Texas highways now than ever before. The 55 mph speed limit also is credited with saving lives and gasoline, according to Texas State Department of Highways and Public Trans portation statistics. Council to offer advice, aid to the College of Education by Dennis Prescott Battalion Reporter A development council cre ated to enhance the Texas A&M College of Education’s instruc tion, research and service has met, and Dr. Dean C. Corrigan, dean, said he was satisfied with the council’s progress. The council, which met for the first time Feb. 23, is a group of 22 private citizens. It will attempt to improve the college’s programs by locating resources and advising the faculty and the dean. Dr. Peggy Coghlan, an educa- view, chairs the council. Mem- tional consultant from Long- bers will serve a three-year term. The council meets again May 4. Areas of interest for the council include computer litera cy, the role of educators in di verse settings, meeting the needs of students with special needs, international education and the improvement of college teaching. Corrigan said about 200 peo ple were nominated for mem bership. Personal invitations were extended to 22 nominees, and none refused, he said. Although not all the members are former students, Corrigan said most of them have “an Aggie connection.” JVugc)e.t r -&£.iUjn ( WtuLluicj in 14-K tytCLotv ^oU fiii ‘390°° dcxi *2'/5°'' iamond Room 3731 E. 29th - 846-4708 Bryan 707 Shopping Village 693-7444 College Station ^ Honor society seeking |iigh-ranking juniors felt rejected "''I’ 1 ''by Joe TindeIJr. Battalion Reporter oh (his namei Tau Kappa may be the answer or [sophomore honor students :>m Billy Sue,* rho would rather not wait until heir senior year to join an hon- n<l< <1 (lit r A mandatory meeting for . . „ opnomores who wish to join the plied, yereigm lew junior honor society next ear will be at 7 tonight 701 ludder. i eninneer Mtl®r. au Kappa was established ast fall by the Tau Kappa stu- . lent activities adviser Tricia dollars a tear j arher and stu d e nts from the ophomore honor society, thee gas tap, < Lambda Sigma. The society now las 65 members. ig devises were® Students eligible for mem- Jership must have an overall 3 I hee tanke.ai Me point ratio of at least 3.25, mist have completed a mini- ,i , • i num of60 semester hours and a thee highway, fnaximum of 94 and must have attended Texas A&M Universi ty the preceding semester, Pub- inued longt ii ficity Chairman Dulcie Green said. “ frome a tf ||Tau Kappa plans to assist the Student Academic Council by wels of Ausli ass 'S n ' n 8 mern bers to visit pro fessors monthly to exchange r e- i c. Has on academic issues. Mem bers will report feedback to the e - Tau Kappa coordinator. iv The society also will make pump I'd not contributions to the Central Quiz File in the Sterling C. ghway and tin Evans Library, participate in the Academic Counseling Experi ence program and provide assistance for the Mentors fogram. 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