Tourists and other drivers passing through Cheyenne should be aware that, unlike most of the state, this is a strict enforcement jurisdiction. It is a cultural thing. The mayor, for example, has reported that the number one complaint and request by residents is that people drive too fast, and that the police should make them slow down. This is a particularly serious problem for Cheyenne drivers in that the speed limits are also unrealistically slow — e.g., 30 mph on 4-lane major arterial roadways that would be 40 or 45 in most places, including nearby Fort Collins, Colorado. The local police have shown themselves overwhelmingly ineffectual at stopping a recent rash of armed robberies (most of which remain unsolved), but the local constables take pride in going for the low-hanging, low-risk fruit — "speeders." School zones are 20 mph, and they are very strictly enforced. Cheyenne likes to think it is a "progressive" city, but it has gained a nationwide reputation as a "speed trap" on a par with the worst southern municipalities of similar repute. DRIVERS BEWARE!