A "School Zone" in front of the Hadley Elementary School will help to create a safer environment for the entire school community, and will especially reduce the risk to students, families, and staff that walk or bicycle to/from school, by lowering the current speed limits of 30mph & 40mph to 20mph.

 

Pedestrian fatality according to speed*

Speed (MPH)        Percentage of Fatality

20                                       5%

30                                      40%

40                                      80%

* U.S. Dept. of Transportation National Highway Traffic Administration report, 1998

 

Breaking distance in feet *

Speed (MPH)        Car         Truck

20                            63              69

30                          109            123

40                          164            190

*Compiled by James Madison University Office of Public Safety, 2009