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33` Farm Hill Blvd . Chief of Police expressed the belief that the driving public as a whole know what is a safe speed , and noted that when this matter was before Council three years earlier , he had felt that the speed limit should be raised, because the majority were driving faster than the limit . He felt that if there were rigid enforcement of the 25 mph limit , 91 out of 100 cars would receive a citation , and there were not enough patrolmen to enforce that limit . In response to question concerning speed limits in the area of John Gill School Chief of Police noted that the law stipulates requirement for posting signs in school zones , and that speed must still be reduced to 25 mph within those zones . An exception in the statutes would apply for a particular school having a fenced playground, and a completely fenced school ground to separate the children from the street , then the limit is not enforceable , except when children are going to and from school . Councilman Williams questioned whether City ' s signalization program might substantially change the 85% figures the studies had shown to a slower speed . Chief of Police felt this will have no effect on the speed vehicles are traveling now , but would be more convenient for them because the signals are the demand type , which stay green unless a car is entering from specified cross streets , and further , would be quieter , since there would be less braking to boulevard stop signs . Councilman Leipzig questioned whether it was felt , if the limits were raised , that the driving public would exceed the new limit , and Chief of Police indicated they would not . With respect to whether City could make its own determination as to speeds , City Manager responded that the percentiles were established as a result of the survey, and the State law makes it clear that either cities conduct studies , and post speed limits in accordance with the studies in order to use radar , or post limits arbitrarily, in which case radar could not be used . These were the two basic alternatives . Councilman Weymouth recalled that in the previous occasion when this subject was discussed , the recommendation was to increase the limit to 35 mph . Chief of Police affirmed this , but noted that it was without benefit of a traffic engineering study, and was based on his personal observation that the exist- ing limit was unrealistic compared with the limit the public was driving . He added that by setting a speed limit that is in accordance with an engineer- ing survey at 40 mph on this street , this would allow his officers to write radar citations at 41 mph, and these would be upheld by the court . He noted he would rather have his officers work this way than to allow leeway , and then have to write a two-page document to justify why an individual should be cited . Mayor Keckley invited comments from the audience . 4/2/73 Reg . Mtg .