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A Pennsylvania city painted curved highway traces down a residential avenue in a brand new “traffic calming” initiative officers hope will rein in reckless driving — however many residents had been left questioning if police would assume they had been driving drunk in the event that they adopted the brand new sample.
Montgomery Township, simply outdoors Philadelphia, has new curvy traces down Grays Lane full with curb extensions.
“These traffic calming measures are being installed due to the numerous complaints/concerns we receive from residents about the ‘speedway’ Grays Lane has become,” officers wrote in a press release on Fb.
Regardless of the city’s good intentions, locals can’t fathom how their neighborhood determined this could be a very good answer.
“This is not the design to go. There are other options out there, and I think they should have gone that way,” resident Mike DiLorenzo instructed NBC Information Philadelphia.
“I think speed bumps would have gone a lot further as far as slowing people down on this road in particular,” native William King instructed the outlet.
Many residents stated that they’re ignoring the traces completely and driving down the highway like they at all times have. Others joked that the crew should’ve been “drunk” when portray the traces.
One individual wrote that they drove down the highway to check it out whereas following the brand new traces, which felt like “a roller coaster.”
“If you were to drive like that down the street the police would think you were drinking and driving and pull you over,” one other joked, whereas one mused, “Looks like you gave creative license to a class of kindergarteners.”
Whereas many panned the initiative, one resident cheered the trouble.
“With all the school stops and people walking and animals crossing, it’s always very dangerous,” Joe Albanese of Montgomeryville instructed 6ABC Motion Information.
“I thought it looked a little crazy when I saw the guys do it this morning, but it makes sense to me because folks are always going way too fast down Grays Lane.”
However so many residents thought that the initiative was an early April Idiot’s joke that the township needed to make clear that “yes, this is a legitimate precaution that has been put in place.”
