Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Okay, so I know it sounds a little like paranoia, but I’ve been noticing some pretty fast drivers in my neighborhood. I decided to play Neighborhood Watch and check it out. I loaded up my daughter in her stroller, grabbed a bottle of water and my Bushnell Speedster II Radar Gun, and headed out for a walk around the block. As my little Julia was looking around and talking to the trees blowing in the wind, (hey, she’s 4 ½ months old) I would stop momentarily and check the speeds of the cars driving by with my radargun. I was a little surprised by what I was seeing. I noticed that cars driving on the major thoroughfare were all driving the speed limit or under. The people that were speeding were the ones driving on the smaller streets, trying to fly past all the good citizens who were going the speed limit. Some of these cars were even exceeding the 25 mph speed limit by as much as 30 mph! Who needs to drive 55mph on small neighborhood streets with kids playing in their front yards? Disgusted with what I saw, I loaded up our Graco Stroller and headed back home to write a letter requesting a couple patrol officers in my neighborhood. It’s amazing how being a parent will change your outlook on the way people drive.

Ryan