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Fort Worth Police Traffic Enforcement On West Loop 820

FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - Drivers traveling through Fort Worth are being advised to watch their speed -- by police.

Officials with the department say a traffic enforcement detail is out on West Loop 820, near the Lake Worth Bridge, looking for speeders, reckless drivers and other violators.

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(credit: Fort Worth Police Department)

Police posted a tweet that said it took less than an hour for officers to pull over 40 people for speeding. And those drivers were keeping a pretty quick pace.... the average speed for the violators was 80 mph and the driver going the fastest was doing 92 in a 65 mph zone.

In that span of time, police issued a total of 47 citations and multiple warnings.

Police are also reminding motorists that if you see a vehicle pulled over by police you should slow down to 25 mph below the posted limit or move out of the lane next to the officer and stopped driver.

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