Oh, and I drive a VERY small low to the ground sporty looking car. Speed bumps/humps are not friendly to my car at all. But I've learned to deal with them. Even have them in the parking garage where I work because some idiots think racing through a 5-story parking garage is a great idea. So, if speed bumps/humps get installed on Autumn Sunrise, I'll slow down more than I already do. It may be an inconvenience, but if it's an inconvenience that will save a life, I'm all for it. I'm not in that much of a hurry that slowing down a little will bother me. Maybe we should all just slow down a little bit!

I live in this neighborhood, on Autumn Branches which intersects Autumn Sunrise. We have the same problem on our street. Drivers coming from the Guilbeau/New Guilbeau area and racing down the street. Probably some of or own neighbors doing the same thing. I wrote numerous letters to my councilperson years ago asking for speed bumps on our street and nothing happened. Imagine that. Although I don't believe I still have copies of the letters, I remember one question I posed in one letter: "Is it going to take someone getting killed before someone does something?" (and I paraphrase after several years). Well, now it has tragically happened. Not on my street, but in my neighborhood where children play daily. I wonder how many more deaths it will take before something is done. My condolences to the family. Tragic, tragic loss.

Is there anyone that maybe works construction or a similar job who can explain to me why a speed bump would cost $26K?! Can't they be made from left over asphalt? Recycled rubber or plastic?

The "major changes" discussed in speed bumps and more signs? That will not prevent more innocent people from being run over and killed or injured. The most effective response to this ongoing epidemic is a revision of our entire criminal justice system. The police, even with the shortage of patrols do a fairly good job of arresting many drunk drivers, collecting the evidence and handing the case over to the DA's office where it is treated with negligence. The courts and judges with their age old policies of long delays and inadequate treatment of these cases should be considered as reprehensible. Perhaps the state legislature needs to make some changes. Probation, deferred adjudication, etc should never be allowed in cases of felonies such as intoxication assault, or any offense that results in the injury or death. Mandatory jail time should be assessed for any felony offense. Voters should take a long look at judge candidates who are drinkers and drivers themselves. Look closely at the ones who hold their campaign events in bars and clubs and then all attendees sop up the suds and then get on the streets and drive. Probation should never be granted for any offense other than a misdemeanor first offense and never for subsequent violations, and never in the case of a felony. Judges who assess probation should never be re-elected to office no matter the political party.

The streets are not the problem. Its the speeders and DUI's. Impound speeders cars and lock up DIU's for 20 or more years.

So sad that it took a child getting killed for this place we call a city to get up off the cash and do something. These folks had been asking for speed bumps to be put in long before this happened. The city should be held responsible for this childs death.

Installing speed bumps is a good idea. But if the speed limit is 30 mph, then you shouldn't have to come to almost a complete stop in order to go over the bump. It galls me that most drivers have to do this in order not to cause damage to their undercarriage. If the speed limit is 30 mph, a speed bump should allow a car to go over it at that speed, not slow down to 5 mph.

Had the same problem in my old neighborhood, Total lack or SAPD response and posted speed limits was a joke, My neighborhood was a short cut for another subdividion. Solved the problem, sold the house and moved out of San Antonio to a city that enforced the speed limit, Profitatly I might add.

Unfortunately, more traffic control devices wont fix stupid drivers. This will cost a lot of money and wont fix it. We have a serious deficiency in driver responsibility and training. Thats where the problem is. The highways don't move.

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