What Road in Catonsville Needs a Speed Bump?

Catonsville, MD- Over 9,000 fatalities occurred nationally during 2014 due to speeding according to the latest statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The data also shows a correlation between a driver’s age and the likelihood of a speed-related accident. As the age of a driver increases, their risk of being in an accident decreases. Men are also more likely to be at the wheel during a speeding accident, according to the study.

While the number of speed-related fatalities have continually decreased since 2005, speeding still remains an issue in many of our Patch communities, including Catonsville. Readers suggested everything from increased police presence to more stop signs to building less housing to keep traffic at bay.

If you’re frustrated with speeders in a certain part of Catonsville, you are in good company. We reached out to readers on Facebook, asking which local road they thought needed a speed bump. Here’s what your neighbors told us:

• "Magruder, aka The Frederick Road Bypass. Just ask the county workers who use it to speed up and down all day between Bloomsbury and their site next to Five Oaks!"
• "Vineyard hill Road. All the college kids think they can get into the college through that street and speed up and down."
• "Charing Cross Road. It used as a cut through from Baltimore National Pike to Edmondson Road."
• " Garden Ridge Road. People treat it like a race track. Lots of kids and pets around here I don't want to see anyone get hurt.'
• "Sanford Avenue! It has become a cut through at high speeds."
• "I live on Glenwood Ave. We need to be paved and speed bumps. It's a narrow street and can only fit one car at a time and people fly up and down it."

See a street you don’t agree with, or is there a road missing from the list? Tell us on Facebook, and make sure to add the Catonsville page to your favorites, so you don’t miss any of the latest news from Patch.

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