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STOP NEIGHBORHOOD SPEEDING A little extra speed makes a big impact. Spread the word about the danger created by neighborhood speeding. Copy the graphic at the top of this page into your community’s newsletter and post our video PSA on your neighborhood website. The video is at: www.youtube.com/user/PEDSdotORG. Use yard signs to remind drivers to slow down. Make your own out of plywood or laminated poster board. Use large letters and a simple message. Hold a neighborhood sign- making party and let the kids decorate. Set the pace by simply driving at or below the neighborhood speed limit during peak speeding times. This forces drivers behind you to travel at your safe, courteous pace. Use a radar gun to monitor speeds. Recording the speeds can help you justify the need for traffic calming or police enforcement. Member organizations of PEDS can borrow our radar gun for a week. You can buy a Bushnell radar gun for $80 or a Hot Wheels version for $25. WHAT YOU CAN DO Park your car in the street, and get your neighbors to do the same. Parallel parking narrows the travel lane, naturally slowing traffic. Park cars on both sides to force drivers to slow down even more. Ask for traffic calming from your local public works department. Speed humps aren’t the only option. Ask about bike lanes, roundabouts, chicanes, bulb-outs and raised crosswalks. Learn more at www.trafficcalming.org. Request radar signs that show drivers how fast they’re going. Urge your local public works depart- ment to buy and install these devices in areas with speeding problems. They cost about $4,000 each. Support speed cameras, a technology proven to deter speeders, but not yet allowed in Georgia. Ask your legislators to permit communities to use automated cameras to ticket speeders, especially in school zones and work zones. Reclaim the street by walking or biking in your neighborhood. Consider creating neighborhood art to display near the edge of your property. Make it look like people live and play there. peds.org Making metro Atlanta safe and accessible for all pedestrians. This project is supported by the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.
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STOP NEIGHBORHOOD SPEEDING
A little extra speed makes a big impact.
Spread the word aboutthe danger created byneighborhood speeding.Copy the graphic at the top of this page into yourcommunity’s newsletterand post our video PSA on your neighborhood website. The video is at:www.youtube.com/user/PEDSdotORG.
Use yard signs toremind drivers to slowdown. Make your ownout of plywood or laminated poster board.Use large letters and asimple message. Hold aneighborhood sign-making party and let the kids decorate.
Set the pace by simplydriving at or below theneighborhood speedlimit during peak speeding times. Thisforces drivers behind youto travel at your safe,courteous pace.
Use a radar gun tomonitor speeds.Recording the speedscan help you justify theneed for traffic calmingor police enforcement.Member organizations ofPEDS can borrow ourradar gun for a week. You can buy a Bushnell radargun for $80 or a Hot Wheels version for $25.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Park your car in thestreet, and get yourneighbors to do thesame. Parallel parkingnarrows the travel lane,naturally slowing traffic.Park cars on both sidesto force drivers to slow down even more.
Ask for traffic calmingfrom your local publicworks department.Speed humps aren’t theonly option. Ask aboutbike lanes, roundabouts, chicanes, bulb-outs andraised crosswalks. Learn more at www.trafficcalming.org.
Request radar signs thatshow drivers how fastthey’re going. Urge yourlocal public works depart-ment to buy and installthese devices in areaswith speeding problems.They cost about $4,000each.
Support speed cameras,a technology proven todeter speeders, but notyet allowed in Georgia.Ask your legislators topermit communities touse automated camerasto ticket speeders, especially in school zones and work zones.
Reclaim the street bywalking or biking in yourneighborhood. Considercreating neighborhoodart to display near theedge of your property.Make it look like peoplelive and play there.
peds.orgMaking metro Atlanta safe and accessible for
all pedestrians.
This project is supported bythe Georgia Governor’s
Office of Highway Safety.
