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December 9, 2009 at 3:45 am #593246
velo_nutParticipantSo… you folks that like to use 35th ave sw as a highway. Yeah.. you people that like to drive 50+ on my neighborhood road.
Prepare to get an egg or two on your car.
Just preparing you. I’ve had enough.
December 9, 2009 at 6:47 am #683712
pigeonmomParticipantHe he. I’m with you in spirit. :-D
December 9, 2009 at 4:31 pm #683713
olderwomenforobamaMemberI agree totally … I live on 35th and people drive so fast, it’s unreal … There are never any cops around to give tickets and it’s dangerous … God forbid you have to make a turn, either right or left … If it’s left, you just pray the guy behind you who has been driving in your trunk, doesn’t smash into the back of you … If you turn left, same deal … What will it take to get people to slow down there? ….
December 9, 2009 at 5:43 pm #683714
guidosmomMemberI live on 34th and often have to turn left at a light onto 35th. I can’t tell you how many times drivers speed through the light long after it’s been red. It’s ridiculous. I want to have a fake person to throw at then so they really have a moment of panic and think they hit someone. Maybe then they’d slow down.
December 9, 2009 at 5:46 pm #683715
flowerpetalMemberAnd then perhaps they would panic and veer into your car, or someone else who is innocently driving by.
I get the frustration, I too travel 35th daily. But the level of anger and fantasy retaliation to me is disturbing too.
December 9, 2009 at 5:46 pm #683716
WSBKeymasterCome to the West Seattle Crime Prevention Council’s next meeting and talk about it – the traffic unit works out of downtown but they certainly come out to West Seattle for spot enforcement. Also depending on where you are along 35th, work with your local neighborhood association. (If you don’t know who that is, I can probably tell you, since we cover 99% of them.) High Point activists have worked on issues regarding that stretch of road, for example.
But I do want to note after getting a question about this thread – what is proposed in #1 is illegal and could wind up killing someone if you throw anything at a moving vehicle. (Even if the vehicle is not moving, it’s vandalism.) Discussing your frustration with the speeding situation is fine but not taking illegal action. Thanks.
December 9, 2009 at 6:11 pm #683717
LucianMemberGuidosmom is right on.
The light at 35th and Raymond is particularly bad.
So many cars on 35th speed through the red light that you nearly have to count to 3 after the light goes green.
December 9, 2009 at 6:14 pm #683718
velo_nutParticipant<NOTE> I’m not REALLY going to throw eggs at cars. I would rather eat them (eggs, not cars). It makes for a great fantasy though.
C’mon people.
I would really like to see them shift to one lane of traffic each way with a turn lane. It would bring the speed down AND create safer turning.
December 9, 2009 at 6:27 pm #683719
guidosmomMemberI don’t want them to veer out of the road in panic hitting another car… Just something very drastic to slow people down. I’ve almost been hit way too many times, but luckily am now an extremely cautious driver, especially along 35th.
December 9, 2009 at 6:50 pm #683720
cakeitseasyMemberWhat works? Getting a speeding ticket. I know several people who have, and that’s slowed me down too. That and the digital signs. Still, when the police let up, the speeding continues. It should be more like California Ave, rather than a highway. It’s so tempting and easy to speed on 35th because there are few lights, crosswalks and barriers.
December 9, 2009 at 9:06 pm #683721
JoBParticipanti like the digital signs..
it’s too easy to find yourself speeding if you are keeping pace with 35th traffic.
December 9, 2009 at 9:12 pm #683722
velo_nutParticipantMy favorite part is when I slow down, blinker on, just to turn into MY OWN DRIVEWAY…. and I get the honk.
Honk? Really?
sheesh people. you can’t REALLY be in that big of a hurry.
December 9, 2009 at 11:10 pm #683723
luckymom30ParticipantI might add that throwing eggs at someone damages the paint job and if caught you would be facing some times.
December 10, 2009 at 12:44 am #683724
velo_nutParticipantLuckymom30… read the entire thread before you post.
December 10, 2009 at 3:11 pm #683725
anonymeParticipantI live on the stretch of 35th south of Roxbury where the speed is reduced to 30 mph. What a joke – average speeds are in excess of 40 mph with many at 50 and above. Occasionally the cops will sit at the school zone near Arbor Heights Elementary, but there is never enforcement at any other time. Some of us have lobbied SPD and SDOT for better controls, to no avail. Stan Lock, our neighborhood association ‘leader’ has been utterly worthless. When we complain to him about a lack of response from appropriate agencies, his answer is only a dismissive “keep trying, good luck”. Hey, thanks a lot!
December 10, 2009 at 5:44 pm #683726
swimcatMemberWhen I head to work in the morning I get stuck at every damn light on 35th- it’s impossible to go over 35 MPH. I’m usually stuck behind people going 30 MPH. You can easily drive 35-40 on this road safely. I too get irritated by the ones that ride my rearend, trying to go 50 MPH. Those speeds are completely unnecessary unless you are bleeding to death and trying to get to the hospital or need to get to a toilet ASAP. There is a happy medium, unfortunately there are too many people at the extremes!
December 10, 2009 at 7:27 pm #683727
WSBKeymasterAnonyme, Stan is not a “neighborhood association leader,” he is a city Department of Neighborhoods employee whose job is to coordinate city services information for the entire Southwest District (basically the western half of the peninsula).
But ultimately that means coordinating information, not directly fixing the problem. We see him at many neighborhood association meetings but his role is more of a liaison – ultimately in everything we’ve seen on both halves of the peninsula (the city splits it arbitrarily into two districts), the neighbors are the ones who make things happen. Have you followed up with Stan directly? And as with any city employee (or other entities for that matter), if you have a problem with them, I’m sure their supervisors would be happy to speak with you as well. DON info starts online at
http://seattle.gov/neighborhoods
Also, that area in particular seems potentially to be part of the area covered by the South Delridge/White Center Community Safety Coalition, which meets tonight, 6 pm, Wiley Center at Greenbridge, as mentioned on the home page this morning – if you or a rep from your neighborhood can be there, police reps from both SPD and KCSO are always there, and there’s always time for open discussion of problems/concerns. If you’re close to 35th it might be a little far north BUT the same agencies handle the area so it would be worth bringing up – the same speeding drivers affect Roxbury all the way to the freeway, I’m sure.
December 10, 2009 at 7:44 pm #683728
velo_nutParticipantI threw an imaginary egg 8 times this morning.
December 10, 2009 at 9:43 pm #683729
AdamOnAlkiParticipantI think I am going to make eggs tonight.
December 10, 2009 at 9:50 pm #683730
velo_nutParticipantNow THAT’S funny.
December 11, 2009 at 11:51 pm #683731
dufusMemberMaybe you all could stage a speeding protest (no violence like egg throwing at passing cars–but you could have an egg toss perhaps as symbolic gesture to the fantasy) You all could get signs, like strike signs, and parade naked. That ought to slow people down.
December 13, 2009 at 4:09 am #683732
jschuMemberWhite car dude here. How dare you sir, threaten me with an egg. You are a cad! Prepare to defend yourself. 30 paces with a wet teabag.
December 13, 2009 at 7:23 am #683733
wilsonParticipantUHHHH…..you chose to buy (or rent?) on a main arterial..clearly because the price of the home or the rent was appealing (cause, again…you’re on an ARTERIAL)…and now you’re pissed about the amount of traffic, noise and speed??? LMAO
OK….I can’t go to forums anymore….there should be a law against??????
December 13, 2009 at 4:26 pm #683734
velo_nutParticipantYes… buy. and yes I bought a house on a main arterial, NOT a highway.
speed limit is 35, Wilson, not 60.
December 13, 2009 at 4:31 pm #683735
austinMember“..there should be a law against?????? “
Speeding. And there is, the problem here is that people like ‘wilson’ don’t realize it.
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