Country Stampede officially starts tomorrow. This means Country Music fans from all over the state and surrounding states will be flocking to Manhattan to partake in what is, for many, their favorite vacation of the summer. Unfortunately, summer is often the time of year that the City of Manhattan schedules most of their road work and city construction projects because the students, who comprise a large part of Manhattan's population, have gone home for the summer.
This year is not exception and construction projects on K-18 between Ogden and Manhattan are in full effect. There is also construction projects being completed on Poyntz Avenue as well as McDowell Creek Road making access off I-70 for those coming from the West a major concern.
These construction areas are also areas that Riley County Police Department set up routine posts to catch people speeding. The problem with construction zones is that, in Kansas, fines double. This includes fines for following too close.
This brings me to the current new development at the RCPD, new camera technology which allows officers to determine how close, in terms of seconds, one vehicle is following another. This technology makes a following too close ticket, which was once very difficult to prosecute, an easy case to make in front of the court.
With this new enforcement capability, there's no doubt "following too closely" tickets will increase greatly in the Manhattan and surrounding Riley County area.
You don't have to take this ticket lying down, however, and should contact a Manhattan, KS attorney to help evaluate your "following too closely" ticket
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