Re: Spped bumps/Speed humps in Fairfax County
Posted by:
Neighbor
()
Date: October 13, 2015 10:29AM
NOVA.Driver Wrote:
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> I frequently use Cabells Mill Drive and
> Northbourne Drive to avoid Route 50. The speed
> limit is 25mph...and that's fine, it's a
> residential neighborhood. Why does the County
> install speed bumps and or speed humps that
> require you to slow down below the posted limit?
> If it's posted 25mph, shouldn't motorists be able
> to drive that road at 25mph (to include the speed
> bumps and speed humps) without tearing up their
> vehicles or thrashing vehicle occupants all about?
> What do these speed bumps and speed humps do to
> the response time and reliability of first
> responder vehicles?
>
> Well, Mr. Homeowner...we would've been here to
> save you from the contractor who has been hiring
> illegals and then murdering them at the end of the
> job and burying the bodies in your yard but, the
> SWAT truck broke an axle doing 70 over those speed
> bumps...
By driving at the posted 25 MPH speed limit on a residential street, you're being responsible and respectful of the residents of that street.
Unfortunately, too many of our fellow drivers are not.
I used to live on the main road of a 500+ home neighborhood that was, effectively, a giant cul-de-sac. Although the posted speed limit was 25 MPH, drivers routinely drove past my house at 35 - 45 MPH. I was surprised, at first, that the primary offenders were not tradesmen or other visitors to the neighborhood, but my neighbors (most often, hausfraus). However, as I grew more familiar with the selfishness and self-entitled attitude of my neighbors, I came to realized that they could not have cared less about how their excessive speed increased the danger and noise for homeowners on the main road.
I am very glad that I no longer experience this danger and annoyance on a daily basis. When driving through residential areas, I am religious about staying at or below the posted speed limit.