LETTER: For Cimmaron Drive, sidewalks are a better option than speed bumps

'Having lived in a community with speed bumps, I can attest to the fact that they didn't help,' letter writer Edith Campins states.

By Guest Author
| 6:00 a.m. September 1, 2022

Palm Coast Observer
Opinion

Dear Editor:

Now that the primary is over, we can focus on the issues that are really important to the community.

A recent letter made the statement that sidewalks do not save lives. I beg to differ. When you are walking on the sidewalk, you don't have to worry that a car is coming around the bend; you are not in its path.

Traffic calming devices are a euphemism for speed bumps. Having lived in a community with speed bumps, I can attest to the fact that they didn't help.

People get used to them and run over them without slowing down. Or, they slow down a little and then speed up again, which means that unless you put them all along Cimmaron Drive, walkers will still be in harm's way after the speed bumps.

Yes, it will be costly and complex to put in sidewalks, but in the long run, it is the safer most logical approach.

Edith Campins

Palm Coast