What Road in Havre de Grace Needs a Speed Bump?

Havre de Grace, MD- 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 Havre de Grace. 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 Havre de Grace, 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:

• "People FLY around Bern Drive, scary during school day beginning and end."
• "Maybe in front of an elementary school - other than that NONE.'
• "Chapel Road Up by Earlton and Robin Hood.. People FLY through there!"
• "Ontario/Chapel on the hill towards Royal Farms."
• "Deaver Street! Kids are always playing in the road and people FLY down the steer all the time and it's a side street, very scary."
• "Market St. It's a road race to and from the park."
• "Heather Way. The speeding is awful. I'm always so afraid for the children that live on this road."
• "North Freedom Lane and Warren Street"
• "Canvasback Drive!"
• "Lewis Lane by Halls Road! They come flying around that curve!"
• "Lewis Lane, they drive like maniacs on this street, and it's a school zone."
• "South Adams straight down from revolution, it's a drag strip sometimes, people run the stop sign at alliance all the time."
• "900 block of Erie Street"
• "Locust Road in front of the park where children are playing. Some driver's come flying down this road."

"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 Havre de Grace page to your favorites, so you don’t miss any of the latest news from Patch.

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