MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Neighbors in North Miami-Dade are sounding the alarm on what they’re calling a speedway.
Residents inform CBS4 automobiles fly up and down Ives Dairy Road and, on the intersection at San Simeon Way, collisions are commonplace.
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“You are putting your life on the line,” stated Sheri Rosenthal, a longtime space resident.
On Tuesday afternoon, Rosenthal gathered with 5 neighbors in her residence, the place kitchen desk discussions revolve across the streets.
Each shares the identical worry. The neighborhood’s grow to be a racetrack.
“Look at what this car just did,” exclaimed Rosenthal strolling us to the sting of her yard.
Rosenthal pointed to a automobile that afternoon racing at Ives Dairy Road and San Simeon Way. Her residence sits on the nook. She’s lived there for 31 years. It’s a magnet for automobile crashes.
“Trust me, I’m in my bedroom at night, and I hear screeching, and I brace,” stated Rosenthal
Over the previous few years, the wall guarding her yard has been destroyed and rebuilt quite a few instances. Images present the aftermath.
Her issues middle on saving lives.
“It’s about this area,” shared Rosenthal.
“You’ve seen people die right on the other side of this wall,” talked about CBS4 reporter Joe Gorchow.
“Yes,” added Rosenthal.
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Her neighbor throughout the road, Ronda Jules, is aware of the worry firsthand.
“Look over the wall all the time and see an accident,” added Jules. “Sometimes twice a day.”
Jules says the as soon as quiet space now appears like a speedway. Her residence digicam reveals a wreck final 12 months with a car making an attempt to make a left flip earlier than a van slammed it.
Last Memorial Weekend, a digicam captures a automobile crashing into her yard together with her youngsters poolside.
It’s why she put these pillars up by the wall.
We transfer down the Ives Dairy Road, the place James Costello just lately moved his household to Aventura Isles. There’s just one means out and in. He’s seen his share of quick automobiles.
“One time, I thought somebody must have robbed a bank,” added Costello. “And I’m waiting, OK. The police cars will come in two seconds, chasing them. Nope. They were just driving like that.”
His frustration reached a boiling following Friday’s deadly automobile accident exterior his neighborhood at NE third Court and Ives Dairy Road.
“I’m starting to get worried something is going to happen,” stated Costello. “I’m starting to consider whether I need to move us out.”
All tales lead down the identical highway, for officers to take tangible steps to cease the dashing. Rosenthal provides the police have been very responsive in listening to their issues.
CBS4 has reached out to Miami-Dade District One and the police division. MDPD stated it can share a public service announcement in regards to the dashing early subsequent week.
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But residents say it’s time to take extra vital motion.