What Road in Middletown Needs a Speed Bump?

MIDDLETOWN, CT - Over 9,000 fatalities occurred nationally during 2014 due to speeding according to the latest statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The data also shows a correlation between a driver’s age and the likelihood of a speed-related accident. As the age of a driver increases, their risk of being in an accident decreases. Men are also more likely to be at the wheel during a speeding accident, according to the study.

While the number of speed-related fatalities have continually decreased since 2005, speeding still remains an issue in many of our Patch communities, including Middletown. Readers suggested everything from increased police presence to more stop signs to building less housing to keep traffic at bay.

If you’re frustrated with speeders in a certain part of Middletown, you are in good company. We reached out to readers on Facebook, asking which local road they thought needed a speed bump. Here’s what your neighbors told us:

• "The parking lot at Ace Hardware on South Main Street. People use it as a cut through all the time. It's not a street, morons."
• "If the city speed limit was something reasonable, even 35 mph, then people might actually do it. 25 mph on all city streets makes it a complete joke."
• "I'm personally less about speed bumps and more about enforcement of the proper speed. I don't want to do more alignments then I already do."
• "Brooks Rd has so many potholes they are like speed bumps! Wish the city would fix it!"
• "Farm Hill Road...it is like the Indianapolis Speedway. Very scary, the rate of speed of so many cars."
• "Fix the bridge on West Street and get speed bumps in front so people don't go flying over it when its fixed and wider!"
• "The stupid intersection with Randolf and Saybrook Rd - so many people run that light."
• "Lyman Dr. right before the corner going both ways! People go way to fast around the corner and children live there now!"

See a street you don’t agree with, or is there a road missing from the list? Tell us on Facebook, and make sure to add the Middletown page to your favorites, so you don’t miss any of the latest news from Patch.

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