tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post8086591275712123842..comments2024-03-20T11:21:16.856-04:00Comments on Heneghan’s Dunwoody Blog: Should the City of Dunwoody lower the School Zone speed limit from 25 to 15 mph? Is there enough enforcement of current driving standards? Are Speed Cameras the answer?John Heneghanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18046846808671417720noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post-15403537906548603742019-01-12T22:34:12.516-05:002019-01-12T22:34:12.516-05:00Thanks for the many comments on the subject and th...Thanks for the many comments on the subject and the universal requests for more enforcement of the current ordinances vs lowering the speed limit in school zones. John Heneghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18046846808671417720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post-70565658052715077042019-01-11T13:26:09.584-05:002019-01-11T13:26:09.584-05:00I live on Seaton Dr. at the Intersection of Seaton...I live on Seaton Dr. at the Intersection of Seaton Way. That being said the speed limit is 25MPH. I would not be in favor of reducing the speed limit. But would like to see more and better reinforcement of existing laws. More officers, cameras, and <br />citations issued.<br /> Young teenagers and adults abuse the laws. Slowing the limit I do not believe is the answer. Traffic is crazy already . So slower is not the answer. Mt Vernor construction and other projects are not helping in the way of speeders. We need a better way to move the vehicles in a timely manner.<br /> Speeding tickets is a Great way to pay for more enforcement officers. Lets give it a try ? Trying to go down hill at a 10-15MPH is not practical answer to the problem. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13446149280399617479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post-58511499063449153872019-01-10T16:47:28.529-05:002019-01-10T16:47:28.529-05:00Hi John,
My experience of this matter is multi-fo...Hi John,<br /><br />My experience of this matter is multi-fold: I've been a pedestrian student, parent; bicycling same, driving parent, and cross-walk guard. I don't think think lowering the speed limit will help. If folks are going to violate for whatever reason, they will continue to do so until a suitable incentive halts them or lessens the number of offenders. As a crossing guard for a couple of years at an elementary school, I daily encountered folks who were either in a hurry and didn't care, weren't paying attention, or were otherwise distracted. On several occasions, my fortunate reflexes and graceful movements prevented injury and death for myself as well as my charges. It became a regular show and I was eventually able to get the local police (Birmingham, AL), to place a patrol car and officer at my crossing. This was the only effective incentive for reducing the numbers of folks who offended.<br /><br />This problem isn't solely the province of school zones. I can't count the number of times I've been on foot or my motorcycle and had to dodge folks who either weren't paying attention or had decided the speed limits, stops, and yields did not apply to them. Many times in the nearly 20 years I've been here, I've found myself leaping onto the hood of a car while crossing with the light in my favor to avoid ending up under the car. I can't recommend such stunts to most adults, let alone children.<br /><br />I'm intrigued the idea of camera enforcement, but given the resistance and in many cases systemic abuse of the stop light cameras in this state in recent years, I don't know that it will go any better for enforcement of speed limits in school zones or anywhere else. I'm game to explore the idea. I recall that the stop light cameras did reduce the number of "t-bone" collisions which are the most fatal; but they precipitated an increase in rear endings. There were also many jurisdictions that got into trouble for tinkering with light settings in an effort to turn the systems into piggy banks which is a large part of what lead to their removal from most places.<br /><br />There is no good answer for this that is viable given our continued reliance on private vehicles for transportation to & from schools, jobs, and homes. The best one I've observed is more vigorous and rigorous enforcement of the relevant laws by local authority.<br /><br />I wish you and your colleagues at city hall, as well as the county, all the best in seeking remedy.<br />Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17675414679140823168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2935662058758102231.post-78739103953941201592019-01-08T14:30:48.459-05:002019-01-08T14:30:48.459-05:00I have to agree with the above comments. The curre...I have to agree with the above comments. The current speed limits we have are rarely enforced. Speeding in school zones is just the norm in Dunwoody sadly. The police are occasionally on Womack Rd in the morning pulling over speeders but not very often. I hate to criticize the police because I know they are pulled in 100 different directions and probably don't have the manpower to stand in every school zone morning and afternoon to deter people. <br /><br />In Australia where I am from, we have school zones and they are policed with cameras. You get a HEFTY ticket if you are caught on one of those. You wouldn't dare speed through one of them. <br /><br />But then we also stop for people who are crossing at pedestrian crossings (its the law and people follow it). Different mindsetrosegorhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06789016839022529121noreply@blogger.com