Kansas City Hopes Speed Humps Slow Down Dangerous Drivers

Alternative headline . . .

KANSAS CITY OFFERS SPEED HUMP SOLUTION!!!

Meanwhile . . .

Local voters have warned elected officials that more police and better enforcement are a much more effective plan than placing even more obstacles on local streets . . . Check-it:

The study by LendingTree used insurance claim data from the 50 largest cities in the U.S. to determine how many traffic incidents were speeding-related. This included speeding tickets or accidents where speeding was determined to be a factor.

Kansas City, Mo., came in second with 9.45 per 1,000 drivers, followed closely by Jacksonville, Fla. with 9.01.

The solution . . . 

"One hundred new speed humps could be coming to around 50 locations across Kansas City, Missouri.

"The effort is part of the city's initiative to reduce traffic crashes and fatalities."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

New study says Kansas City drivers are the second 'speediest' in the country

The top city was Portland, Ore., with 11.61 speed-related incidents per 1,000 drivers.

Does Kansas City have a speeding problem? New data puts city near the worst in US

A ranking by LendingTree finds that Kansas City drivers cause the second-most crashes and tickets as a result of speeding among US cities.

'It's dangerous': 100 new speed humps could be coming to KCMO neighborhoods

A National Institutes of Health study found speed humps reduce the chance of a child getting injured or killed after being hit by a car in a neighborhood by 53-60%.

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