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County installs fake police car billboard on County Road 39 to slow down speeders

author on May 23, 2008
In an effort to curb speeding along newly widened County Road 39, Suffolk County has erected two billboards along the main drag to emphasize the 35-mph speed limit, employing life-size... more

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