(La Porte, IN) - Speed bumps are now outside a La Porte elementary school where a crossing guard recently had a close call with a motorist traveling too fast.

 

Mayor Tom Dermody said the street department installed speed bumps on Friday outside Riley Elementary School on Weller Avenue.  Dermody said the request was made by Schools Superintendent Sandra Wood because of the adult crossing guard’s encounter with a driver traveling above the 20 mile per hour school zone limit.

 

“We got to slow down,” Dermody said.

 

Dermody said extra police officers will also be at the school when possible to enforcement the speed limit.

 

Speeding throughout the city has been an issue in recent years with extra patrols assigned to the areas generating the most complaints about drivers traveling too fast.

 

Recently, Dermody expressed support for using technology that would catch speeders and send them the ticket.  Currently, the use of such technology as a traffic enforcement tool is prohibited in Indiana.