Drivers need to slow down, too

I’ve lived in Los Angeles and some other major U.S. cities. I’ve driven in them, walked in them and occasionally biked in them as well. Maybe it’s unique, but I learned that the speed limit was a law, and you should go as close to it as possible.

Here, it seems like people don’t give a damn that they live in a small mountain town and have bought the lie they need an SUV to get around year-round.

The Durango speed limit was decided in the 1980s to be 25 miles per hour everywhere except Main Avenue above 12th Street (I think). That means 35 is speeding, 55 is speeding and 75 is speeding on 32nd Street. So slow down, stop completely when pedestrians are in crosswalks, and if some older guy is crossing 32nd and you’re driving a big, ugly, white SUV-type thing, stop completely even if you’re going 55 in 25.

See, that’s how community works. Just slow the hell down.

And to Durango Police, it’s not glamorous but you chose this silly town, so enforce that law. 

– Christa Turnell, Durango