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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
Horrible idea imo. Visual blight. Unenforceable. And all it does it tick off some drivers to likely do the contrary.
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There is a short residential street in Auburn, about 2 blocks long, maybe 35-30 houses. Unfortunately , there is a shopping plaza past it, and this road serves as a short cut to avoid the main artery for about 1/2 the town. As the plaza expanded, and then a Walmart and a Lowe's as well as a BJ's went up past the plaza, so did the traffic on this little street. Because it is short, there wasn't really any speeding, but the residents did not want traffic on
their street. So first they petitioned for a "local traffic only" sign, and were turned down. Then they wanted a 5 mph speed limit, also turned down. They started taking turns milling around in the middle of the road, which inevitably brought the police. Of course, they cleared the residents off, issued tickets, and even a few arrests--- after all, this IS a public road. In the end, those ugly slow down signs appeared in every front yard. Guess what?---
NOW they have a speeding problem! And guess how enthusiastic the police are to respond to reports of speeders on that street? Answer, about the same level of enthusiasm they have in NYC for the mayor