Residents in a San Jose neighborhood are asking the city to add speed bumps to a busy street following the recent death of a motorcyclist who police said was speeding and crashed into a truck.
In the area of North 24th and East Saint James streets, many drivers could be observed going above the speed limit.
North 24th Street runs in front of San Jose High School. The speed limit in the area is 25 miles per hour.
“I think pedestrians are scared, even though they have stop signs, I don’t trust the stop signs, I have to see that the person stops,” said Angela of San Jose.
“As a person who lives here its very concerning because I have two small children,” said Andrea Villanueva of San Jose.
Andrea Villanueva is the cousin of Enrique Mendoza Villanueva. He was only 19 years old and died on Halloween night when he crashed into a truck that was backing out of a driveway.
Police say Enrique was not wearing a helmet and was speeding.
His cousin and other neighbors were asking the city to add speed bumps to the area Wednesday night.
“If they can take action to do something in here, to put some speed bumps. For our safety, our kid’s safety, the schools safety, that would be so awesome,” Villanueva said.
“I think they should put speed bumps,” Angela said. “I think they’ll end up going slower because you don’t want to mess up your car.”
The area falls in San Jose City Councilmember Anthony Tordillos’s District. He recently held a town hall meeting on the issue. He says he knows neighbors are concerned and added the city is trying to help.
“Unfortunately, we have too dangerous many streets and intersections in the district so we’re looking at leveraging those capital improvements dollars that we have thru DOT to make some investments,” Tordillos said.
Source: NBC Bay Area