Getting people to slow down on our roads is one of the main goals of our three-pronged approach to traffic safety, the “three Es:”

Education
Sharing information about the impact of speeding and encouraging community members to model safe driving.

Engineering
Making changes to our roads – from changing the striping to extending curbs, installing traffic circles and roundabouts and other measures that have been proven to slow traffic. Evaluating streets where we may be able to lower the legal speed limit.

Enforcement
Increasing enforcement of speeding laws.

It’s important that Carlsbad takes a leadership role in slowing down traffic because the data show most speed related fatalities happen on local roads.

Here is what the data says about speeding in Carlsbad:

Finally, slowing down has a dramatic effect on the severity of injuries caused during a collision:

Making a commitment to drive at slower speeds can make a huge difference in our community. Learn how you can get involved in Safer Streets Together.

If you’d like to see more data about speeding, here is a link to an interesting dashboard created by the U.S. Department of Transportation.