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The following is an article taken from www.officer.com. Click HERE to read the article in its entirety.
What's the big deal? Speeding in residential neighborhoods is 'a big deal'
When a driver becomes familiar with a street after driving it day after day, he may drive faster than he realizes. It's not unusual for speeders to be clocked in excess of 40 mph (and even 50 mph, on occasion) in 25 mph zones, according to Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 (KKAD25). A driver might be tempted to ask, "What's the big deal?"
The big deal is speeding extends the distance necessary to stop a vehicle.
KKAD25 reports that according to NHSTA:
- At 20 mph, the total stopping distance needed is 69 feet.
- At 30 mph, the distance needed is 123 feet.
- At 40 mph, the distance needed is 189 feet — which may not be enough distance and time to avoid hitting an object or pedestrian.
If a motorist hits a pedestrian:
- At 20 mph, 5 percent will die.
- At 30 mph, 45 percent will die.
- At 40 mph, 85 percent will die.
2 comments:
Turning the park at the end of Sassafras into a park would help also. Give the kids a place to get together and all kinds of problems could be solved.
I agree we need the "park" to be a park not just a Christmas tree dumping ground once a year. Our taxes pay to maintain it as a park and it should be utilized as so. Parent get behind this if you agree; we have a treasure in our own backyard that we are letting slip away.
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