Once the traffic light at San Felipe turns green, there is little stopping southbound drivers along Chimney Rock Road. A few gentle curves and cul-de-sacs among the houses are all that break up a straightaway that many drivers know only as their link to Westheimer.
In short order, two sedans, a pickup and a minivan speed by Mark Gardner’s house. Moments later he confirms the first sedan was traveling 47 mph.
The speed limit is 30 mph – same as it is along many Houston streets with speeding cars.
“They think it is a freeway,” Gardner said in October, standing in his yard as traffic whizzed by.
“You have people going 77 mph.”
Those are not estimates in terms of speed. They are results, part of a growing collection of data created by a DIY speed zone Gardner is using to make his case that changes are needed on Chimney Rock.
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