SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pam Brown has lived in Orangevale for over three decades. She's concerned about speeding along her street, Main Avenue, and all over the Orangevale area."I’m tired. I’m really, really tired," said Brown. "Emotionally, I can’t let it go. I worry about these streets."She wants the community to work together more to identify traffic issues to create change on Orangevale streets, including calling elected officials and reporting unsafe driving to law enforcement....
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Pam Brown has lived in Orangevale for over three decades. She's concerned about speeding along her street, Main Avenue, and all over the Orangevale area.
"I’m tired. I’m really, really tired," said Brown. "Emotionally, I can’t let it go. I worry about these streets."
She wants the community to work together more to identify traffic issues to create change on Orangevale streets, including calling elected officials and reporting unsafe driving to law enforcement.
Brown says she also hopes drivers understand the impacts of speeding on the community.
She named a few of the streets where she says speeding is a problem, like Greenback Lane, Madison, Hazel and Santa Juanita Avenues.
California Highway Patrol Officer Trent Senter says they look at where crashes are happening and the spots where people report speeding or unsafe driving. Then, they do more enforcement in those spots.
"They tend to be larger, more arterial roadways that do connect different freeways. As a result, they tend to have sometimes more lanes and wider roads. So, unfortunately, it does lead to speeding and unsafe driving behaviors," said Senter.
Officer Senter says about 10 officers were positioned throughout Orangevale to focus on the busier roadways and hotspots for traffic complaints on March 27.
"We wrote a total of 95 citations that were issued. Approximately ? of those, maybe a little bit more than ? of those were for speeding, seatbelt violations and other unsafe driving violations such as unsafe lane changes, running stop signs and following too closely," said Senter.
You can report a traffic issue by calling your local CHP office during business hours or the CHP non-emergency phone number anytime at 916-861-1300. For the Sacramento area, you can send information or video to [email protected].
Matt Robinson with Sacramento County says people who want to see neighborhood traffic management efforts in their area can work with the county to address issues.
"It's very important that the public works with us. They are our eyes and ears and we try to get as much done as we can. We can't be everywhere. So if residents see they need something done in their neighborhood, call 311 and let us know," said Robinson.
From there, people have to sign a petition for a road project in their neighborhood, and an engineer will come out to determine whether something can be done to address it. Then, those projects are presented to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors to decide which projects get the green light. Find out more about that program here.