I support the idea of speed bumps. I find myself fairly often attempting to slow cars down on Clark (where I live); some look at me like they think I'm a mad woman (well maybe) or they don't understand the motion of one's hand going down to gesture "slow."

Frankly both Pearl and Clark should have speed bumps.

Clarkstresident: how do you know the speeders are coming from "local dives" and "pizza joints?" I didn't realize there were "dives" on State St. We got rid of those places in the 1980's. I would have to say some of the speeders come from the New Haven Adult Probation Office located at 867 State St. across from the gas station on State and Humphrey. They often park on Clark, State, Humphrey, Pearl and Pleasant streets and sometimes try to stash their bikes in my yard. I do agree we need speed bumps on the street or stop sign at Clark and Pleasant. Clark and Pearl streets have been used as a cut through for my entire 40 plus years living on Clark.

I agree- there are no dives on State st! And the speeders are normally all the people who use Clark and Pearl as cut throughs. I see them every day, and it has been a problem for a very long time. Its worth having a meeting with our alderman, Doug Hausladen, about this. I know that people who live on Canner St have mixed feelings on their speed humps because it introduced a noise factor. I like the idea of stop signs, but in the past we have been told that stop signs don't work because people speed to the stop sign and then speed off from the stop sign. Then a down side to the speed humps is that you lose parking spaces, which is already a major issue on Clark St.

I just see them leave Christopher Martins (which could be considered a clean dive in my opinion) stagger down the street to their car (drunk and raucous usually), get in, and drive recklessly away. I'm not saying it's every patron, but it happens often enough that it's noticeable. Of course there are the out-of-town Modern pizza patrons who grab their pies and speed down Clark. I know that most of the time these people don't give a damn about us because we're just some not-as-nice-as-Branford neighborhood that they have to cut through before their commute home after their beer and/or pie - but it would just be nice for people to act with a little courtesy. "Where or where did human decency go" I ask hopelessly.

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