Ted - I respectfully disagree with you. The road is not safe to drive on over the 45mph because it has many houses on it as well as turns, hills, pedestrians, bicycle riders, etc. Additionally, the people that are "speeding" are exceeding the limit by no less than 10-20 mph because there is never a police presence on this particular stretch of road. I have been driving on this road litteraly every day for the last three years and have never once seen a police car.

I knew you would disagree, you like most people, refuse to accept tons of research and proof from expert.

This extensively tested and proven fact is that people don't speed based on the speed limit. They don't say "gee that speed limit is 35 so I'm going to go 45" What they 85% do is travel at a speed the road allows, based on it's traffic, curves, blind spots, over all conditions, and pedestrians. Pedestrians should be on the sidewalks when they are present and when there isn't we shouldn't be clamering for lower speed limits because that won't prevent their death, we should be advocating for sidewalks with curbs. Futhermore, pedestrians are more often found to be the cause of the accident than the drivers. You can read all about this via searching http://www.nhtsa.gov/. They have been raising speed limits to meet the 80% percentile for years and as a result we have lower accident rates and NUMBERS since 1951!

Research is great, in fact I work for a research institution and understand the importance of the findings that research provides. With that said, Brownell Road is an old country road that is no longer in the country. During the past few years there has been a tremendous amount of development on and around Brownell Rd. as a result there is increased traffic (both pedestrian and auto)on this and other surrounding roads. The other roads have been "updated" with double yellow lines and white lines to establish a shoulder. While sidewalks would be an ideal solution, the current financial woes of our economy would not allow to put sidewalks on this road. Perhaps a first step towards making Brownell Rd. (and Van Aernem Rd.) more safe would to be to simply paint the lines on the roads rather than monitor the speed of autos on this road. I don't know this would help or hurt as I am not an "expert", I am just someone who does not like cars whizzing four feet away from me at 60mph.

I agree those that truly speed should be ticketed. It sounds like 60 mph is far too high of a speed on an unmarked curve filled road. However from your other post it sounds like everyone is going around 45 or so. That indicates the speed limit should be set at that limit. However I don't think we should settle for cars whizzing by you at 25 mph! If you're walking the only true way to provide any reasonable protection is a curb and sidewalk. We should raise the property taxes or cut services to that specific area in order to supply you with a safe walking environment.

Update - I have noticed the monitors on the road that measure a cars speed and axle length...hopefully the town is looking into this...

@Ted - I am not sure how you got "it sounds like everyone is going around 45 or so" from my posts. The only reason I am even posting is because most people are exceeding (see my posts) the 45mph speed limit. Also, your sarcasm is greatly appreciated and helpful as sarcasm usually is...

What sarcasm. You cant walk safely on a street with people going by @40 mph without a sidewalk. Unintended consequences happen whenever someone wants a law. If you really want safety that's about the only way you're going to get it. Some nice large tax increases.