In the past year, we've had about six significant traffic accidents on the grounds of our apartment complex. As a casual observer, it's difficult to identify the root cause of each accident. However, I suspect there are a few contributors to each accident.
1. Foreign National Drivers.
2. Young Drivers.
3. Wet Roads.
4. Distraction.
2. Young Drivers.
3. Wet Roads.
4. Distraction.
Three accidents took out trees and shrubs, one accident left a bumper and broken glass just inside the gate, and one spectacular accident took out a guard rail, sent a car airborne, and significant damaged a parked SUV. These accidents are scary because we have many pedestrians within our complex. Someone may get hurt.
While speed limits are low, you have to drive defensively in an apartment complex. Since the entire complex is basically a parking lot with a twisting road through it, there are plenty of people trying to get in an out of spaces. You also have children and pets darring from between parked cars.
In our complex, we also have a large number of foreign guest workers who walk for recreation. They are completely clueless of how pedestrians act in the United States. Suffice it too say there is a whole family and a baby stroller behind every blind corner. If you add in all the joggers with iTunes impaired hearing, you have a disaster waiting for someone to roar around a corner too fast. Slow down and don't even think about toiching your cell phone while driving here!
It's enough to make me want speed bumps!
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