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Crime Crisis: Radar gun reveals rampant speeding in Memphis

By , Daily Memphian Updated: January 27, 2022 4:00 AM CT | Published: January 27, 2022 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Ronnie Ramos, executive editor of The Daily Memphian, clocked a vehicle going almost 60 mph on Poplar Avenue on Friday, Jan. 21. Over four days and five locations, a radar gun recorded the speed of 240 drivers in Shelby County.&nbsp;</strong>(Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

Ronnie Ramos, executive editor of The Daily Memphian, clocked a vehicle going almost 60 mph on Poplar Avenue on Friday, Jan. 21. Over four days and five locations, a radar gun recorded the speed of 240 drivers in Shelby County. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)

During four days, from weekday afternoons to weekend nights, The Daily Memphian took a radar gun to five locations in Shelby County and recorded the speed of 240 drivers.

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Ronnie Ramos was executive editor of The Daily Memphian from 2020 to 2021. 


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