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330 unfortunately gave the impression this was a bifurcated situation , and this was not the case , but rather that great pains were taken to have this par- ticular amendment to the State Code treated conjunctively at the same time by the City Attorney, Public Works and the Police Department , so as to prepare a report designed to cover the entire effect of the so-called " speed traps " amendment to the law which went into effect March 7th . Al- though a number of other streets , such as Veterans Boulevard, or Brewster Avenue could have been selected, they deliberately chose a street which had been before Council before , to provide an example of the effect of the law and the kinds of alternative policy decisions the law sets up , and also because of a recent communication from Mr . John Mallory, 3811 Farm Hill Boulevard , which requested that the speed limit on Farm Hill Boulevard be raised to 35 mph from the present limit of 25 . He explained that the amend- ments to the Vehicle Code provided that radar may only be used for traffic law enforcement purposes where the posted speed limit has been validated by a traffic engineering study conducted in accordance with guidelines established by the Vehicle Code . Under the new amendments , Council had the alternative to either change the posted speed limit , by ordinance , in accor- dance with results of the traffic engineering study, which would allow use of radar as a traffic law enforcement device , or to retain the present posted speed limit irrespective of results of the traffic engineering study, but which would result in loss of radar as an enforcement tool . Under the latter alternative , traffic law enforcement would have to be conducted by " clocking" by patrol vehicles , which is not as efficient a form of control as radar . Councilman Rhodes indicated he could not support a 40 mile per hour speed limit through a residential area, and questioned whether Council had the alternative to increase the limit to 30 or 35 mph . City Manager responded that this could be done , but reiterated that if changed to a speed limit not validated by the traffic engineering study, use of radar would not be permitted . It was also stated that the new amendments define as a " speed trap " any use of radar and other electronic devices to measure speed , if a particular section of street has a prima facie speed limit established in accordance with the Vehicle Code , which speed limit is not justified by a traffic engineering study conducted within five years prior . This has the effect that the evidence is not admissible , and any judgment based on such evidence is void . City Manager explained the 85 percentile formula defined in the State Traffic Manual as the speed at or below which 85% of the traffic is moving . 4/2/73 Reg . Mtg .