Which Road in Brick Needs a Speed Bump?

Brick, N.J.- 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 Brick. 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 Brick, 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:

• "Rhode Island Ave. Cut through between Lanes Mill and Sally Ike Rd. 50, 60 mph easy, all day."
• "Macarthur Dr and Spiral Dr DEF!! People use these two roads as a thru way to and from Rte 70, Rte 88, and Burnt Tavern Rd. It's horrible. There's little children all through out the neighborhood, and people SPEED down these roads with no concern for anyone's safety!"
• "Riviera Drive!!! People speed thru our street to get to Rt 70 and the River rock!!! it's scary during the schools months walking to the bus stop!!!"
• "Ashland St by Vets schools! High traffic and busses during school and sports! And we have no sidewalks for our kids!"
• "Harding Dr. down by where it meets MacArthur. People use this road as a cut through to 70 and literally fly down the road and around the curve. We have kids living on this road. So scary!!"
• "MacArthur Dr. Tons of kids in the neighborhood and people speed through to get to route 70. One day there will be a horrible accident if there is no speed bump!"
• "Duquesne Blvd is a short cut between Rt 70 and Brick Blvd. There have been too many accidents to count on the corner of Duquesne and Aroura Drive. Duquesne needs something badly!"
• "Green Grove Road. People cut through from Burrsville to Jack Martin to get to 88 or the hospital or 70. The speed limit is 25, but people fly through. It's scary."
• "Lynnwood Ave. People cut through from Brick Blvd to Old Hooper. There is not one stop sign on the entire stretch of road. Eventually someone is going to be seriously hurt or killed!!"

In New Jersey, towns and counties are allowed to construct speed humps "on two-lane residential streets and on one-way residential streets under municipal or county jurisdiction with a posted speed of 30 mph or less and which have fewer than 3,000 vehicles per day," according to state law. Speed humps also can be built in private developments on private roads.

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