Sometimes you just need to scream!!!

[Master slacker]

At night:

1. Hilti gun some studs into street (stop here or continue)
   
2. form speedbump borders with 2x4's
   
3. pour in Quikcrete
   
4. guard area while concrete cures
   
5. profit
   

 

[blybrook PE]

Just put in the removable speed humps. The kind that can be easily removed when it's time to plow; that seems to be the main deterant on getting them installed in areas that get snow.

Signs don't do anything to slow people down; especially kids that are driving the parent's car and probably very distracted with passengers, radio or their phone.

I dug a trench in my driveway trail (mainly for water runoff purposes). It definately slowed everyone down as if you hit it faster than 10mph, you WILL hit your head on the roof of your vehicle even with a seatbelt on.

I do like wilheldp_PE's suggestion as well. Another option is a remote controlling the parking brake of an old beater, let it roll into the street in front of them (Cheaper than the pop-up barrier).

 

[roadwreck]

...as I walked out into the street (I deliberately walked in front of them to slow them down).

Shoot them. Eventually by natural selection only the good drivers will be left.

It's funny that natural selection should come up right after Dex says he steps out in front of speeding traffic.

 

[cdcengineer]

At night:

1. Hilti gun some studs into street (stop here or continue)
   
2. form speedbump borders with 2x4's
   
3. pour in Quikcrete
   
4. guard area while concrete cures
   
5. profit
   

^ This.

I think speed bumps could be the answer

 

[RIP - VTEnviro]

Those removeable ones are a lot better than the asphalt bumps. They are blockier and don't erode over time.

Have you thought about going to the HOA board meeting (if there is one) or City Council meeting to raise your concerns?

 

[Capt Worley PE]

You know, nerf makes those battery operated squirt guns that shoot 25 feet. Paint works in them.

Or so I've been told.

 

[OSUguy98]

Water-filled barriers to make a slalom course at odd intervals?

Maybe you could rent a few of those spike strips the cops toss out in front of cars in those high-speed chases? might be able to DIY one of those

 

[MA_PE]

Speed is a relative term. Driving a car down an unoccupied street at 15 mph is ridiculous. It's only slightly faster than idle for god's sake. Unless the driver is distracted or elderly people's reaction times should be adequate to safely stop at up to 25-30mph. Anyhting that "jumps in the way" would be an extenuating circumstance and would be classified as an accident. Dex: you are hyper-sensitive to it because you live there and you expect your "loop" to be a very low traffic cul-de-sac. It looks like a fairly large loop with some straight portions where people have room to "comfortably" accelerate.

That being said, I agree that the most effective method would be to install some speed bumps to reduce that "comfort" factor.

FWIW, I live in a low traffic area that has been discovered as a cut-through to avoid a busy intersection. The road now is posted at 25 mph. Very few people follow that guide. We'll get an occasional police detail/speed trap set up, but the enforcement is short-lived.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

I agree that speed is relative, but you must realize that our street is rarely unoccupied during the summer. I'm not asking people to go slower than the posted speed limit of 25, I am just asking they go somewhat close to it. 40mph is WAY too fast for a residential street, regardless of how "occupied" it is, especially for drivers who are unfamiliar with it.

BTW, damn right I'm hyper sensitive about my street. We're talking about where me, my family, and my neighbors hang out.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I'm not being ugly, but you may want to point out to your family and friends that it isn't a really good idea to be in the street anyway.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

No worries, and for the most part we just hang out in the driveways. Unfortunately there's a lot of "back and forth" between driveways and the multitude of kids under 5 on both sides of the street who are still learning the "rules of the road".

 

[envirotex]

I saw a study somewhere recently that said that speed bumps and road tables were not effective at slowing traffic. People tend to gun the gas inbetween the bumps, and on top of that they increase traffic and road noise...

The mobile radar works much better...

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

There has been some discussion to installing one of these on either end:

Although it's more likely we'll just put up a couple of these:

 

[snickerd3]

nuch better than the sign by our st. someone didn't think it through all the way before they made it...they meant to tell people to slow down but it came out at

Caution - Slow

Children at play

Caution

 

[snickerd3]

anytime we have new visitors they ask where the slow kids live.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I like the ones that say, "Slow children."

 

[FLBuff PE]

There has been some discussion to installing one of these on either end:

...

Is that the current high score on your street? Shoot, I can beat that!

 

[roadwreck]

I'm curious why a few of these wouldn't work?

have you tried them already? I've seen neighborhoods that have placed them on both sides of the road (so you have to drive between them) and they seemed to be very effective. Since they kind of "tighten" the available roadway area they act as a good traffic calming device, they stand out and they tell drivers to be on the look out for kids. To me they seem more effective then a sign, which isn't going to grab as much attention and is going to be further away from the roadway.

 

[wilheldp_PE]

You might not want to confront the offending drivers...

http://blog.al.com/live/2012/07/woman_killed_after_confronting.html

 

[Dexman PE PMP]