By Staten Island Advance Editorial
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Earlier this year, the Advance documented what we found to be a “culture of aggression” by Island motorists. Stuck behind a car deliberately driven at the speed limit, motorists in a hurry resorted to honking horns, changing lanes and speeding by – often making their frustrations known with shouts and gestures.
“Just about every day on every street on Staten Island we have people speeding,” said City Councilman James Oddo about the danger.
The fact is, speed kills. As Transportation Alternatives, an advocate for safer streets, points out: “Hit someone at 30 mph, there is an 80 percent chance they will live. Hit someone at 40 mph, there is a 70 percent chance they will die.”
What is the city doing to limit speeding here?
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https://www.silive.com/opinion/editorials/index.ssf/2012/10/an_epidemic_of_speeding_on_sta.html
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