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CBS News
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
Dearborn installing more speed radar boxes to fight against speedy drivers
Driving around Dearborn, you'll notice new speed radar boxes all over the city. The pilot program started late last year, and the city now has about 40 boxes installed, with more on the way. It's part of an ongoing effort to stop reckless driving. Near the intersection of Vassar and Madison streets are a pair of speed radar boxes. "They're placed in neighborhoods that are likely to cause speeding violations or places that we've received complaints from residents in and around parks, neighborhoods, schools, etc," said Dearborn Police Corporal Dan Bartok. As a car drives by, the radar picks up the vehicle's speed. If it's over the posted speed limit in bold letters, it tells you to slow down. "It's designed to make drivers more aware of what their speed is, and to give them an opportunity to slow down, obey the speed limit, and be more conscious of their driving," Bartok said. The city is planning to install about 20 more of these speed radar boxes, bringing the total to 60. It's just one of many examples of traffic calming measures aimed at reducing reckless driving. Flashing stop signs and speed humps are among the other tools that have implemented to tackle an ongoing issue. "We're taking a very aggressive approach to traffic safety in the city of Dearborn. Traffic safety and hazardous moving violations is the No.1 concern of our residents, and we're taking all the steps possible to try to reduce traffic violations," Bartok said. Authorities say their efforts are making an impact, with speeding being one of the top complaints. "We've already received feedback from residents in the neighborhoods that they have seen a noticeable change in driving behaviors, you know, not exclusively due to the speed radar box, but because of the whole government approach," Bartok said. "If you're speeding in Dearborn, you will get cited for speeding. You're going to get a ticket, and the fines are heavy, and we want drivers to obey the speed limits." Police say that by obeying the traffic laws, you can keep everyone safe.
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Regrets over how Bristol liveable neighbourhood was rolled out
A city leader has admitted he regrets how the rollout of a suburb's liveable neighbourhood was City Council leader Tony Dyer said there were "definitely lessons to be learned" about the process, which saw residents in Barton Hill protesting against council contractors as they closed some side-roads to vehicles."Do I personally regret, I think yes I do," he Dyer inherited a consultation about the scheme from the previous Labour administration. He suggested that he should have looked more closely at whether "everyone who needed to be involved had been involved". A six-month trial of the scheme is now under way and involves a variety of measures intended to calm traffic, including bus gates and cycle improvements in a liveable neighbourhood, according to the council, aim to make it easier to catch a bus and to walk or cycle, with less through traffic. Mr Dyer acknowledged the protests had been "uncomfortable" for his party, the Greens, but said: "I don't think that we're ever going to please everybody with everything we do."You never like to be in a situation where you are coming into conflict with people who often have valid concerns, and you want to try to find a way to address those."Liveable neighbourhoods are controversial topic – some people are very much supportive, other people are very much anti."Mr Dyer was speaking to Politics West to mark a year since the Greens started running the party does not have a majority; the Liberal Democrats hold some committee council leader said the biggest achievement of his first year in office was "delivering a balanced budget", adding that had involved difficult decisions."If you haven't got the money coming in, if you're not getting funded to do the things that we want to do, then regardless of what colour rosette you wear, you are going to have to make tough choices," he said.
