All images © 2008 by Robert E. Pence
On Sunday afternoon about 2:30 I heard a car skidding. I looked out the window and saw cars pulling over and a couple of people running toward the greenway where it runs between Thieme Drive and Swinney Park. Here's what I found. I don't know how it happened, but a sober driver in a halfway decent car can negotiate the curve at 50mph on dry pavement. The posted limit is 35mph.
This section of the greenway is heavily used in good weather; I walk or bike it frequently. Fortunately no one was in that spot at that time.
Speeding is rampant on West Washington Boulevard, and in recent years I've seen very little enforcement. The speed limit coming into the curve is 35mph, and west of the curve it increases to 40mph. By the time drivers pass my house, many are going more than 40 and accelerating.