The Speed Of Nothing in Stayton Oregon

… And that ‘nothing’ is speeding.

This is the top of the hill on 10th Ave., near the hospital. People tend to go over the speed limit up there, which always amazes me. The visibility isn’t great since the hill is fairly steep on both sides, and the hospital is about a half block past the sign.

I’m always happy to see them put out this reminder of what the speed limit (25 miles per hour equals about 40km) really is on that road. But as you can see, some folks still zip past it without much regard for what it says. When I stopped to take this picture, most were going roughly the limit, while a few didn’t seem to care much.

The radar isn’t actually tracking nothing, of course. There was a car going by outside of the view of my camera. I just liked the idea of it tracking… oh, say, the speed of light? A really fast bug? Random air molecules? Or maybe stupid ideas like the previous three?