I have traffic calming islands on my street in Raleigh. Does nothing but turn the street into a slalom racing street. One of those islands are in front of my home and wiped out all the parking on both sides of it. When family comes over they have to park around the corner. Speeding continues including school buses and the Fedex truck.

After looking at a map your right jdew. If you don't like traffic don't buy a house on such a road.

You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of reality. -Ayn Rand

Rainwater Road is classified by the City as a collector street. It was designed by the city to be a collector street and it is doing an excellent job. After all is said and done, Rainwater Road will continue to be a collector street. The last thing in the world that the City needs is to muck up an efficient collector street.

I would like to suggest to everyone that thinks traffic calming is the 'perfect' solution, that they drive over to Mourning Dove Drive and see the final product of the City's effort on their collector street. Our councilman told us that Mourning Dove Drive was an 'abomination' and that Rainwater Road would not look like Mourning Dove Drive. Well, the City wants to use the same traffic calming devices on Rainwater as they used on Mourning Dove ... so why should be believe that the results will be any different?

Raleigh, correct Mourning Dove ... and then come back to Rainwater. I bet the Mourning Dove residents would appreciate your efforts.

Why can't the speeder's be given speeding tickets? Isn't this problem supposed to be addressed by city law enforcement?

Yes, a 17 died in my front yard. She died because of on undeveloped mind of a teenage driver with a .29 blood alcohol content. I called 911. I stuck my head and body into the burning car and found the dead girl inside. I used my garden hose to put the fire out before it consummed her lifeless body.

I asked the policemen that were still on the scene the next morning if this accident could have been prevented by any of the devices currently being used by the City to 'calm' traffic. They all indicated that this was an alcohol related death, and that nothing but better thinking by an inexperienced teenager could have prevented it.

Everybody needs to understand that the concrete and asphalt devices proposed by the City are not going to prevent alcohol related accidents.

I have live on Rainwater Road for over 19 years and I can assure everyone that this was not typical. The other six accidents have all been simple fender benders with absolutely no one getting hurt.