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This morning, December 5 at approximately 10:15 AM I witnessed an automobile doing at least 40mph (probably more like 50mph!) speeding down Dwight Street from Elm Street toward Edgewood Avenue. It went through the red light at the intersection of Dwight and Edgewood and turned left, tires squealing. This is not an isolated incident. Speeding on Dwight and running the stoplight at Edgewood is a daily occurrence. What made this particular incident uniquely disturbing is that a policeman happened to be standing at the corner and observed the speeding car and saw it run the light, but as far as I could tell, he did nothing.
I've complained about this many times to my alderman Frank Douglas and to Doug Hausladen at Transportation, Traffic and Parking. I've gotten no response at all. This corner is frequently the site of automobile accidents in which serious injuries have occurred. It will eventually be the site of a fatality if nothing is done to address this problem.