Which Road in Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook Needs a Speed Bump?

FAIR LAWN-SADDLE BROOK, NJ - 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 Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook. 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 Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook, 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:

• "South Broadway."
• "Eberlin Drive. Glen Toyota uses it as a test drive street and there are at least 10 kids that play out front every day."
• "20th. St in Fair Lawn - they use it as a cut through street. People come speeding down so fast sometimes I think they are on two wheels when they hit the bend."
• "Burbank St between Hopper and Berdan...the speeding on this road is horrific."
• "Hartley Place! Especially since all the work in Banta and Morlot...my quiet street is a speed zone cross through to Broadway."
• "I don't see a speed bump being the solution on a small side street, but the way cars zip around the 4th St. Lambert to 5th St bend - it's ridiculous!"
• "Taggart Way!! It's getting worse by the day."
• "Orchard St, Fair Lawn - cut through between Berdan and FL Ave."
• "20th street in Fair Lawn. It looks like a race track as people drive speeds of 60 on 25 speed limit road."
• "Summit Ave. People race up that street in front of a school all day."
• "Burbank St. between Hopper and Berdan. I've witnessed multiple accidents through the years."
• "Any street where a school is located."
• "Fair Lawn Parkway."
• "Pomona Ave. People go flying down the street every day. I understand it's the easiest way to cut across from Harristown Rd. to Wagaraw, but one day a child is going to get hit. I've almost gotten hit a number of times."

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