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RICHMOND, Va. — The speed limit in front of Linwood Holton Elementary School is 25 miles per hour at drop-off and dismissal.
But Tara FitzPatrick says it's not unusual to see drivers doing twice that. And she has the receipts to prove it.
"So he officially hit the school zone doing 50 miles an hour through a crosswalk," FitzPatrick says, pointing her radar gun at a gray Chevrolet SUV flying by in the left lane.
This is to catch speeders. FitzPatrick has two children at the school. She's, which is why she owns a radar gun.
