Which Road in Middletown Needs a Speed Bump?

Middletown 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 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:

• "Four Winds Drive needs several. Drivers treat it like a speedway. A cop or two patrolling the road would be wonderful, and it needs repaving desperately."
• "Swartzel Drive!!! Unfortunately students, parents, care takers, etc. think it's a speedway!! And there have already been many accidents on that road."
• "Millbrook Dr. A shame that people don't know how to do the speed limit in neighborhoods or have the decency to slow down when they see families walking in the street."
• "Main Street in Oort Monmouth by the park; every road with a park should have speed bumps!!"
• "Springs Rd between Hilltop and Half Mile Rd. People fly like they're on the GSP. More fatalities and accidents than I care to remember."
• "Brainard Avenue in Port Monmouth in front of park. Cars fly down that street."
• "Dwight Road, Middletown Lincroft, Nut Swamp. Three schools, hundreds of kids, all within a quarter mile of each other."
• "Main Street from Murphy Road to Highway 36."
• "Campbell Avenue from Port Monmouth to Belford. People use it as a drag strip and my kids have almost been hit more than once."
• "Bray Avenue, now that the bridge is open."

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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