Many of you told me about incidents in your neighborhood and how a crime could have been prevented if you had a phone chain in place as a Crime Watch group after reading last week's article. Although I have written about this in the past, I am more than happy to offer you once again the information.
The Department has been given four new portable radar speed signs. One is set up at Plaza Place in Raleigh, a location that has received several complaints from residents about speeding.
I thought I had heard it all at Neighborhood Watch meetings, but I guess I haven't. Lots of readers complained that their communities are used to avoid traffic tie-ups, and that people just cut through their areas. Many complained that trying to get their government to place signs or speed bumps were falling on deaf ears. Many spoke about how they can't allow their kids to ride their bikes because of speeders, especially around school areas.
San Mateo County will receive $1.4 million each of the next three years to launch its first Safe Routes to School Program in hopes of getting more kids to walk or ride bikes to school.
As part of this season’s Air & Ground program, FedEx teamed up with Safe Kids USA – a national non-profit organization that works to prevent accidental injury among children – to deliver safe kids. Throughout the season, FedEx made weekly $1,000 donations in the names of the Air & Ground NFL Players of the Week to their local Safe Kids coalitions to fund pedestrian safety improvements.
The Westfield Town Council convened briefly Wednesday evening to discuss various issues, chief among them being increasing the number of radar stop signs used in town. Led by Westfield Mayor Andy Skibitsky, the Council agreed to implement three additional radar stop signs in town with the hope of increasing pedestrian safety and reducing speeding.
Safety of Highway 2 in Sultan: Recommendations for the Snohomish Health District Board of Health and Sultan City Council
Recent studies show that radar speed signs can be significantly more effective at slowing traffic than traditional speed limit signs. Researchers believe that a majority of speeding occurs when drivers become complacent or distracted. While motorists may overlook ordinary speed limit signs, they are more likely to see and pay attention to radar speed signs.
New timed radar signs, crosswalk seek to make Fenwick roads safer
FENWICK ISLAND -- Using a recently-awarded $8,000 federal grant, the police department plans to install two radar-detecting signs at either end of the town in an effect to boost safety.
Heath Police Department officials say they aren't surprised that traffic violations have increased as much as 500 percent since the city ceased photo enforcement in November.
KIRKLAND - A Kirkland man wanted to see if a radar sign was working. So he took his motorcycle to the end of the block, popped a "wheelie," revved up close to 60 miles an hour - and promptly crashed into the sign.
