Stop speeding on the drives!
Remember how the city demanded that the state police replace the city police in patrolling the Expressway, just as they patrol interstate highways in the rest of the state?
Well it happened with interesting consequences elswhere anyone who live in NW Philly should know about.
The police officers who formerly patrolled the Expressway have no been reassigned to East (Kelly) and West (ML King)River and Lincoln Drive. The officers who used to be assigned to the drives have been reassigned to the districts.
This is a good thing in a few respects. It in effect gives us more police officers on patrol in the city.
And the reassigned Expressway officers are taking their job a lot more seriously than the old timers they have replaced. Wednesday morning, for example, seven people had been stopped and warned or ticketed for speeding by 9:30 in the morning.
Considering that many people drive much faster on these roads than they were built to handle–and how often I see crashes on them–this is a good thing, too.