DeKalb.Talk

By itsme

April 12, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this

Roundabouts are much better than speed bumps. They are effective, look better and don’t damage your car.

By LD

April 12, 2007 11:52 AM | Link to this

I’m okay with the big “traffic calming” speedbumps because you can go 20-25 mph (i.e. the speed limit) over them. It’s only annoying when some moron comes to a complete stop and goes 2 mph over each bump because they don’t know any better. I love roundabouts because in zero-traffic times you don’t often need to even stop, which is nice. Plus they can be landscaped nicely!

By Allen

April 12, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

Some years back there was an attempt to put speed bumps on the main street in my neighborhood, a street that runs past the local school (which is the source of most of our speeders, at about 7:30 am every weekday). While adjacent streets wouldn’t get the bumps, residents would have been required to pay an annual fee, whether they lived on the calmed street or the side streets. The kicker, of course, was that calming the main street would inevitably have put more school traffic on the side streets. Needless to say, we have no bumps now because the plan was so poorly conceived. Moral of the story: Calming one street’s traffic may mean just worsening traffic somewhere else. If our hell-on-wheels school drivers and parents actually had reson to fear a ticket it would be more effective.

By lk

April 12, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

I’m all for responsible driving in neighborhoods, but I’m not sure I understand the standard to put speed bumps on streets. I’m amazed at how many streets have gotten speed bumps and yet the street that goes right past the elementary school and has children and adults walking along the side walks can’t get speed bumps when cars fly down the road at 50 mph (in a 35!).

By bumponalog

April 12, 2007 1:32 PM | Link to this

I am very happy that in some of the neighborhoods speed bumps are there. I’m just sad that they are in mine..the streets have changed from traffic going one-way, but everyother street is one-way, but what differents does that make, they still come up a one-way and look at you like you are the one in the wrong way(dumb)..I have say they didn’t finish high school or yet didn’t even go, so they can’t read..I would like to know how or what the neighbors did, I leave in a very old neighborhood where the KKK helded their meeting about 1 block and we could leave out personal belongings, doors unlocked and they were still there, now if you don’t have a buglar alarm, pitbull dog, buglar doors, you will be SOL, people think the loud music at 4am is okay, country and stupid, or don’t forget the fights, I am very happy that some people care about their neighborhoods

By MB

April 12, 2007 1:32 PM | Link to this

I have never seen the roundabouts you have written about but I do believe more enforcement needs to happen on surface streets, especially in school zones.

I have started turning on my hazard lights while driving through school zones because other drivers have no idea why I am driving so slowly. It amazes me the arrogance and.or ignorance of some drivers because they either do not care about traffic laws or are unable to understand them.

In counties and cities that are able, they should post a motorcycle or traffic officer near schools to slow drivers down. And yes, I do drive the speed limit and that is probably you trailing my rear bumper by only a few feet. If you look closely through my rear window you can see me laughing at you in the rear view mirror.

By Jamie

April 12, 2007 3:35 PM | Link to this

In a city where sidewalks, until recently, have been an afterthought or not thought of at all, traffic calming is very much needed. I do not drive, and let me tell you, people drive too fast in neighbourhoods. More traffic calming, sidewalks with buffer zones between the road and the sidewalks, better law enforcement (expecially around school zones), and cameras are all needed.

By Kaplan

April 15, 2007 9:57 PM | Link to this

The Austrialian flattop speedbumps in many of the residential communities Toco Hill/Emory area are annoying. They slow most but not all cars. They could be constructed better to be less damaging. I prefer the green islands for an aesthetic and drivability standpoint. The speedbumps are a symptom of other problems including roads that cannot keep up with growth. For instance, the N. Druid Hills and Clairmont intersection was proposed for upgrades and proposals were presented at a public meeting. I’ve heard nothing in a long time. The intersection of Clairmont and LaVista is unable to safely hold three large trucks side by side (two regular lanes and a turning lane). The lanes are to narrow.