NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Some West Nashville residents said they’re fed up with speed bumps in their neighborhood.
A Change.org petition that’s taken aim at speed bumps in West Nashville neighborhoods has gained hundreds of signatures within just one week. Longtime Nashville resident Bill Vandiver has led the charge on what he called a growing issue.
“You just wake up one day and you turn down a street that you’ve driven on every day for thirty years and all of sudden it’s got seventeen speed bumps on it,” Vandiver told News 2.
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Vandiver claimed the speed bumps lead to car damage and slow down emergency vehicles. Since the installation of the speed bumps, some have asked for action from the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) — the agency responsible for area traffic calming measures…