Do you think its right for parents to petition for speed bumps in neighboorhoods?

Question

Ok i am a teenager and parents in a CLOSED neighborhood are petitioning to put in speed bumps because (quote from one of the parents) "The children need a safe place to play in the street" SERIOUSLY!? and these insane adults already have little yellow signs like in the road being like "slow down for kids" and i think considering the road is CLOSED like no exit it is ridiculous. what do you think?

Answer 1

In a perfect world, kids wouldn't be playing in the streets and drivers wouldn't speed in residential neighborhoods.  However, that is seldom the case in most neighborhoods.

The speed limit in my neighborhood is 25 mph, yet most of the cars do at least 35 to 40.  And almost all the kids under the age of 10 regularly run across the streets--usually WITHOUT bothering to look for cars.

BUT your question is: is it right for parents to petition for speed bumps.  And the answer is yes.  It is America and they can petition for whatever they want to!  That doesn't mean they will get it or that it is even practical.  All you can do is obey the speed limit and look out for kids not being careful and advise your friends to do the same.

Answer 2

Children should NOT be in the street.

Go to the police and make a formal complaint.

If one of the kids DOES get hit, the parents might try to crucify the driver. What if it is a visitor from out of town? They aren't going to know the kids are kamikaze types who jump in front of cars.

Get real people!!!!!!!!

The streets were built for TRAFFIC, pedestrians and bicycles are supposed to stay close to the curb. I learned that before I started kindergarten.

Answer 3

I'm all for safety for the little ones.  But streets are for automobile traffic, not for children to play in.  How ridiculous to insist cars slow down so kids can play in the street "safely".  Just more of the national religion of children:  kids are little art objects; the world revolves around them, let's make the world perfect for them.  And when they become adults, having grown up with this attitude, how do you think they'll behave then?

Answer 4

To me it sounds like YOU may be one of the problems!

If there are cars speeding up and down, then I feel the parents have every right to ask for speedbumps, signs, whatever it takes. BUT if they think they can turn the street into a PLAYGROUND, then it is time for the parents to have a meeting with the local police and zoning board-so that they can be told that ANY street is NOT a playround-and letting their kids use it that way puts their city/town in jeopardy for liability if anyone gets hurt!

This is not much different than the parents that think because their child has a handicapped-then the SCHOOL should provide a nurse just for that student full time!

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

Just another example of parents refusing to accept responsibility for THEIR job of bringing up their kids.

If they want a playground-then pave their lawn or use the local park!

If the teenagers won't slow down their cars to LEGAL speedlimit-then shoot out their tires!

If druggies and ghettoscumbags won't leave the public parks-then shoot THEM out!

Answer 5

I was glad when I was little that my street had speed bumps.  We would stand out there and play four square and all kinds of stuff you can't really do on a fast paced street.

Answer 6

WHO CARES??

Maybe they are trying to get the teenagers in the neighborhood to slow down.

If you aren't the one speeding.... And are always going slow anyway... what do you care if you have to go over a speedbump?

Answer 7

h**l NO!, Put the children in a park if they want to play.  Just make sure of two things:

1.  They're out of the line of fire when you pop a cap into a drug dealer.

2.  They're in the house when you shoot out the tires of the speeders.

3.  No matter where they are, there should ALWAYS be a parent present; and I don't mean an "designated" parent.  Get off yout duff and get out there with them.  The thanks will be mutual and they'll remember it when they have children.

Answer 8

I think it's probably a good idea for them to petition for speed bumps - especially if there are teenage drivers in the area.

Answer 9

Maybe this will help answer your question............

MARCH 2008

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year olds.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 3,490 drivers in this age group died in motor vehicle crashes in 2006 and an additional 272,000 were injured.

Drivers age 15- to 20-years old accounted for 12.9 percent of all the drivers involved in fatal crashes and 16 percent of all the drivers involved in police-reported crashes.

Twenty-five percent of teen drivers killed were intoxicated.

Answer 10

Speed bumps cause damage to vehicles, and can slow the response of emergency vehicles such as ambulances and fire trucks. They are a total waste of money and energy, and can cause a car to go out of control and cause an accident.

My personal policy is when responding in an area with speed bumps, especially at night, I follow all the rules for emergency vehicles, making sure that the siren and air horn are on continuously.

They want to risk the lives of my crew and their neighbors, they can be woken up!