I guess you might feel I like to learn about driving, as it helps me to be a better driver... well, I just learned a load of info, that I'd never ever heard of before.... about why some streets can NOT get a speed bump, or stop sign. Crazy, right? How about when you hear it's a hillside road?

The city responded by letter in 2009 saying “an inappropriately placed stop sign may decrease safety,” and road humps are not recommended because Brandywine Street is classified as a collector street, designated as an emergency response route and the fire department doesn't allow them.

Wednesday, the city told NBC 7 it has evaluated the street multiple times, and in June 2020 conducted a 24-hour study of traffic volumes and vehicle speeds. The city found that most drivers go 9 mph over the speed limit and the Average Daily Traffic (ADT) was 1,067 vehicles per day.

In order for a street to qualify for traffic calming measures like speed lumps or v-calm signs, the city said it focuses on streets that have speeding of 10 mph or more above the posted speed limit. Based on city council policy, Brandywine Street is currently not a candidate for traffic calming. The city said it can re-evaluate again in a few years to see if the speeds change.

So, that pissed of some Karen or Carl, and they decided to add some attention getting blinking Xmas lights to make the speed limit sign eye magnet some attention

Just a couple blocks from a high school, which means a lot of daily traffic, Larry lives. Larry and his family have been the cause, or recipients, of FOUR collisions.... 

Does that mean that the traffic on that street moves so fast above the speed limit that there's no time to avoid a collision?

OR does it mean Larry and his family, are not smart enough to drive out of their driveway carefully and smart enough to avoid collisions with the street traffic coming through. 

Or a mix of both. 

After ONE collision, I'd analyze the cause of the collision. After TWO, I'd take steps to prevent any more.

 After THREE? AYFKM? It's time to install a stop sign, trench, speed bump, or see an optometrist about some damn glasses.

ANF AFTER FOUR? Time to move, or get a drive way that joins a street through your back yard instead. 

For more than a decade, Mike Gawarecki has also tried to get the city to install stop signs or speed bumps.

“They’re going too fast. It’s a residential area,” Gawarecki said. “Mainly, when school is in, in the morning because they’re late and they come up the hill at 45, 50 mph and at night.”

“It just seems like the city doesn’t really care. So, I’ve saved the documentation. If someone gets hurt seriously, I’ll just give the documentation to the families of the injured and the city will care then when they have to pay out millions of dollars in damages because they could have prevented it,” Gawarecki said. “It’s just a stop sign.”

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/bay-parks-visibility-vigilante-alters-speed-limit-sign-to-get-drivers-to-slow-down/2725988/?_osource=newsletter_news_KNSD