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As I was driving down Chapel Street in the Westville neighborhood toward Forest Rd. to pick up my daughter from work, I noticed this nice traffic calming measure and wondered if something like this could be placed on my street, Winthrop Ave. I'm assuming that the reason this was put in was because there is a high incidence of speeding down this long stretch of Chapel; well there is also a very high incidence of cars speeding down my street, which is the one way side of Winthrop. There have been several accidents on my street over the years due to people speeding down the street and since it is a straight shot to from Whalley to Goffe Terrace, people seem to think this is an invitation to go as fast as possible. Since we can't seem to get a speed bump or even a stop sign at the corner of Winthrop & Percival facing Winthrop to break up the street, it would be nice to have something like this, although I wonder if this wouldn't invite people to drive even faster. What has been the experience with these types of signs, do they make things better or worse and can someone explain why we STILL can't get a speed bump here, even though there seem to be a few in the Westville and East Rock neighborhoods? Does the inner city not matter until someone gets seriously hurt or killed???