Speeding consistent on downtown street

According to numbers released by the municipal court, police issued 848 tickets on the 2000 block of Massachusetts Street in 2005. The citations issued by police on this one-block stretch were the most in a single city block in 2005. The speed limit on the block is 30 miles per hour.

Justin Platt, Gardner freshman, received a speeding ticket on Mass. St. and said he definitely thinks the area is a speed trap.

"At 19th and Mass. at about 11 at night. I was just driving down to my fraternity house and a cop already had pulled somebody over so I figured I could just keep going 44 in a 30", Platt said.

Platt said he will be much more careful when driving on Mass. St. in the future.

Getting caught speeding doesn't necessarily mean you'll get a speeding ticket. Police officers can be lenient depending on the actions of the speeding driver.