- Speed humps need neighbor approval and funding before anything happens.
- Many drivers take the right-hand bend too fast and understeer into the yard.
- Krista Cantafio has spent thousands repairing her yard after the crashes.
For Krista Cantafio, a resident of Catonsville, Maryland, walking around her own front yard now means keeping an eye over her shoulder. Over the past two years, no less than nine cars have crashed into her yard, enough to leave anyone jumpy about standing near the curb. She wants speed humps installed nearby to slow the traffic down, though there’s no guarantee the request will go anywhere.
Cantafio lives on a corner lot set around a sharp curve off Wilkens Avenue. The bend looks well-marked from the road, yet drivers keep taking it far too fast, washing wide into understeer and winding up on her lawn. The signage clearly isn’t the problem.
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