Activists Change Speed Limit Signs in Park Slope to 20 Miles Per Hour
Street safety activist group Right of Way installed 20-mile-an-hour speed limit signs over official city signs on Prospect Park West in Park Slope Sunday night to bring attention to traffic safety as the City Council prepares to vote on speed limits today, numerous outlets reported. Several children have been killed in recent weeks by drivers…
Street safety activist group Right of Way installed 20-mile-an-hour speed limit signs over official city signs on Prospect Park West in Park Slope Sunday night to bring attention to traffic safety as the City Council prepares to vote on speed limits today, numerous outlets reported.
Several children have been killed in recent weeks by drivers who were going the posted speed limit or who jumped the curb. The group said reducing the speed limit from 30 to 20 would significantly reduce pedestrian deaths. The city removed the signs immediately, The Daily News reported.
Photo by Right Of Way NYC via Gothamist
i’m all for reducing speed limit in residential zones. Can we figure out a way to get motorists to make a full stop at stop signs and not just a rolling stop.
I wasn’t the one commenting about cyclists going 30mph, but yet you clam you were addressing me????
So, when a car is 20 feet from the crosswalk with a stop sign and a pedestrian is crossing the street and gets hit because the car didn’t stop, you’re gonna blame the ped. You’re not a moron, you’re an a$$hole.
Me too 🙁
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Have you ever gotten hit by a car?
I have. Crossing the street, a car approaching the stop sign didn’t come to a COMPLETE stop, but rolled, while the driver was looking toward the direction of on coming traffic; not my direction, and hit me.
I’ve also almost gotten hit by cars thinking they can roll thru a stop while I’m starting to cross the street.
So yes, I’m all for enforcing motorists coming to a complete stop
why would you address me regarding cyclists killing peds and spew specifics and statistics about cars when I DID NOT mention anything to that affect in my post??????
You’re a moron. Go ride your bike in traffic and run red lights.
I guess my irony was lost on you. 🙁
want to see cyclists running red lights at the rate of 3-4 cyclists every red light? Corner of dean and 4th avenue during the evening rush hour. They’re heading east on dean.
Yes, bikers, please don’t ride down PPW at 30mph. When will the wave of bike-caused deaths end?