STOP NEIGHBORHOOD SPEEDING!

Neighborhood speeding is a serious and pervasive problem. Our neighborhood streets -- where people walk and kids play -- are becoming speedways. Too many drivers still think it's okay to drive 5, 10 or 15 mph over the neighborhood limit, unaware that they won't be able to stop in time to avoid a tragedy. Slow down in neighborhoods, and keep it under 25.

•Metro Atlanta drivers hit 4 pedestrians every day.
•Pedestrians account for 1 of every 6 traffic fatalities in metro Atlanta.
•In an average year, 1,000 pedestrians are injured by drivers in metro Atlanta and another 80 pedestrians are killed.

PEDS is metro Atlanta's pedestrian advocacy organization. (peds.org)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• tac
• safety
• speed
• neighborhood
• speeding

[HelloImAPizza]

shouldn't be standing in the road.

[itsdre9x9]

why are some people saying that when they speed they wont kill anyone

well, im only 14 and a couple of years ago when i was bout10 or 9 years old. my little brother was about 6 or 5 and he almost got hit by a car doing the speed limit of about 20-30mph. but lucky the car STOPPED within about half a foot from him, compared to a car that went flying by before the car that almost hit my little brother.

DON'T SPEED.

[soloimba]

you are not even old enough to drive. quit telling other people how. show some respect. right? you little sarcastic girl..........

[12355594]

ITS ALIVE!!!

[Carlover0529]

@DOUGLA192 I flinched too.

[skarpes]

Speeding cars in our neighbourhoods also present other problems. If the atmosphere is unsafe due to speeding cars, parents won't let their kids out and then they stay inside playing video games (causing other social problems) or they won't leave the backyard (and then we wonder why they can't do anything or make logical decisions when they become teens.) Same goes for adults, obese, in need of exercise but driving (polluting) to the nearby grocery etc.

[arshdeep125]

@liberalinthedesertaz Right.. you know what?, I had a car crash in 2003, I did die for 1 hour and 15 minutes, I came back. And you know what? It was the Drivers fault, HE crashed into ME. I did not crash into him. Ironic, how you say "Fuck off and watch where you are walking." Lets see you walk across a CROSSWALK AREA, and Get hit by a vehicle traveling at 25 mph.? the difference between person hitting a car while walking into the car is A LOT different than a car hitting you while going 25 mph.

[liberalinthedesertaz]

@itsdre9x9 fuck off and watch where you are walking.

[joewillgo]

No, somebody just wanted to shut you up. Btw, that could of not look more fake. & if you want to know what it takes to slow people down & make them better drivers, it's PSA Driving Ads by the UK, not the USA. The USA makes very bad PSA on driving, the UK does a great job on it, the UK scares the s**t out of you, enough to make you start walking and giving up the car keys in some cases! Have you ever seen the UK texting while driving vid? MOMMY DADDY, WAKE UP! Why won't mommy & daddy wake up?

[mishellevgm]

I jump when she got hint

[poonpiratex420]

i live where the speed limit is 25 i was going 30 and a middle aged women flagged me down, she instantly started yelling, saying i was speeding, when the other day she backed out of her drive way and dint look at all i had to flash her multiple time and even honked she never stooped, i think that is the people that need to be talked to about their driving.

[DOUGLA192]

I flinched when she got hit.