Speed bumps populate campus, cause uproar among drivers

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If someone is going to walk in front of a speeding car, then they deserve to become speed bumps, and it is more cost efficient," Swift said Charles E. Schaffner, director of there to slow down vehicles for safety. We are taking this measure because we do not want to have to take drastic measures and call for motor vehicle enforcement."

"If they want to waste concrete, how about making the road a little wider on the main entrance road, so we don't feel like we have to hug the opposing traffic or crash based on the following criteria: There must be at least 800 vehicles a day traveling the street. The two-lane street must be mainly residential or else have a park or school on the street. The speed limit must be 25 miles per hour. There may not be any regional transit bus routes on the street. The street cannot be a designated emergency response route. However Cabrini is private property and therefore holds the rights to do anything they want with their roads.

Commuters are especially angered by these speed bumps, because they must go over them everyday. "As if commuters don't have enough problems finding parking spaces on any given day, we have to deal with speed bumps as well. I think this school invents ways to make you late for class" Lauren Soscia, sophomore, said. Many Cabrini students agree that the speed bumps are unnecessary and inconvenient.

Billy Williams, first-year student, measures the speed bump in front of Holy Spirit Library. It appears to be two-three inches high. into the stone wall," Swift said. A residential street will qualify for the city's speed bump-program public safety said, "I like the big speed bumps myself but the fact is they are not doing the job. Speed is a big problem on a pedestrian campus that has a road run right through the middle. The speed bump outside of the mansion is a joke. Drivers don't slow down for the stop sign, let alone the speed bump. We put in the new speed· bumps to slow down the drivers because safety comes first. The speed bumps will not ruin your car if you go over them at the proper speed Those who speed up to the speed bumps, and slam on their brakes are going to blame car problems on the speed bumps. Thankfully there have been minimal collisions on campus and speed bumps will help to keep that number low. The speed bump near Xavier is slanted for drainage purposes. The speed bumps are

"I am happy. Happy that a school that claims that it has no money, can waste the "litJle money" that they have on worthless speed bumps. I don't think that safety is an issue because I haven't noticed a lot of road kill lying around the campus before they were put in. Speed bumps are just plain •annoying'' Clarence Scott, senior, said.