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Keep Kids Alive Drive
25
 Traffic issues, and speeding in particular, have long been one of the top citizen complaints to City Council and area law enforcement. In 2003 the City of Colorado Springs initiated an aggressive program to reduce speeding in neighborhoods, and to help improve the overall safety environment in the community. This ?Neighborhood 25? project is a partnership between the Police, Traffic Engineering, Municipal Court, Public Communications, and DRIVE SMART Colorado Springs .
In April, 2003, City Council voted to adopt the ?Neighborhood 25? program, which reduced neighborhood speed limits and increased speeding fines ($10 for every mile per hour over the speed limit). To give teeth to the new laws, they put the increased fine revenue right back into the program to fund what are known as the ?3E's? of effective traffic safety campaigns: Education, Engineering and Enforcement .
City Council requested that the Education element of the program be led by DRIVE SMART, so with a new mandate, and funding to go along with it, the DRIVE SMART Colorado Springs Alliance began in earnest. We started discussions with Tom Everson, the originator of KKAD25, to use his artwork and the name as our official campaign slogan.
The KKAD25 yard signs continue to be very popular in Colorado Springs . For information on how to purchase a yard sign or other KKAD25 materials, please visit the Keep Kids Alive Drive 25 web site. www.KeepKidsAliveDrive25.org
Speed Limits on Neighborhood Streets is 25 MPH! All City of Colorado Springs streets are now 25 MPH unless otherwise postd, and the new fine is $10 for every 1 mile/hour over the limit.
KKAD25 Fact Sheet
- In most cases, drivers speeding on your street live in your neighborhood.
- A pedestrian hit by a vehicle traveling 30 MPH is 3 times more likely to die than one hit by vehicle traveling 25 MPH.
- It is not unusual for speeders to be clocked in excess of 40 MPH in a 25 MPH zone.
- Speeding extends the distance necessary to stop a vehicle.
At 20 MPH, the total stopping distance is 69 feet.
At 30 MPH, the distance needed is 123 feet.
At 40 MPH, the distance needed is 189 feet.
Please slow down and protect our children, pets
and neighborhoods!
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