How do you know the cars are not going the speed limits? Just because they appear to be going fast as they pass doesn't mean they are speeding. A persons perception of speed is not an objective measure of reality. That being said it is a narrow busy road. I do not allow my own children to walk on South Walpole, it's not safe. When I see people walking the block I think they are being foolish. I would be in favor of the town building a sidewalk on the west side of the road (left side of South Walpole as you come from main street).

Good question.. How do I know the car is moving fast!! Probably, you might have learnt of "Law of Relative velocity" from your school days.. What this says is if a object is moving at 25 MPH and if another object is getting closer and closer to my car, do you think the car is moving below or above my speed? So, if a object moving at 25 MPH takes 2 seconds to cross Point A and B, and if another car takes 1 second to cross point A and B, doesn't mean than second car is moving faster!! Another concept.. "Law of Resonance".. what this means is, in simple terms..if two objects are moving at same speed, the net sound affect will be zero, but if one object is moving at higher speed, the resonance (difference in sound/noice will be higher).. that's the reason why airplanes make bigger noise than cars.. Hope you are able to understand, and explains how we know the car is speeding or not!

Now coming to weather it is safe to walk or not, I agree it is not safe and everyone on this road should be cautious. But there will be some times when people walk especially when this road is declared as Scenic road to enjoy the beauty of the road. But my main concern is about the cars going at high speed, you might have also learnt than there were two car accidents recently couple of months ago. This is because of high speed and reckless driving. You mentioned building a sidewalk on the west side of the road, that is the section I am very worried about. There is not enough margin for cars to turn, so the cars should slow down. Why can't the speed traps be put on this street to enforce the speed!!

Thanks for your attention in this matter!

Hi, cars do speed on south Walpole street and I agree it is not a safe street for walking so it should be avoided until a sidewalk is installed (wishful thinking). Also, it is unfortunate that there is so much littering along the road. And Route-1 in the area is in very bad state and feels like a third-world road.

Also, I can see people dumping beer bottles, cans, garbage bags etc. It is a mini-garbage place. So imagine DUI.. when DUI is involved, people drive fast and recklessly.

I do wish the town would clean up the litter

This road is dangerous. It is a ticking time bomb that's waiting for an accident to happen. The lanes clearly aren't wide enough and regular size passenger cars often spill onto the other side. And don't get me started on all those 16 wheeler trucks that are permitted to use this road unrestricted . It's aweful. If you walk on this road , which I don't advise, you'll see tons of damaged telephone posts and trees that have been hit by passing cars.

I know cars speed on this road because as I am driving along at the speed limit with no cars behind me one second, a car would then appear right on my tail the next ! But speeding cars isn't the only problem here. I think the town needs to do a combination of fixes such as a build a side walk, ban heavy trucks as well as monitor the speed limit . This road is unsafe.

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