Speak Up: Delaware Office of Highway Safety launches speed-awareness campaign

From the beginning of the year until March 8, the number of fatal collisions on roads in Delaware totals 29, nearly twice the amount of the same time frame in 2021, which was 15, authorities report. Nationwide, and in Delaware, deaths on the road are soaring to record levels, and medical professionals, police and highway safety officials suspect the pandemic is a large factor. In total, the 139 fatalities recorded in 2021 mark the highest number of deaths on Delaware roads in 15 years. This included the highest number of motorcycle fatalities in over 40 years with 24, compared to 14 in 2020. Additionally, pedestrian fatalities increased to 29 from 24 in 2020.

• Please enforce the laws on the books now! No forgiveness for five mph over. — Patti Smith
• Naamans Road, Route 92, is a racetrack. — Roger Kenvin
• Let’s turn off the blinking-red left-turn lights before another person is killed. — Dennis Orlando Jr.
• Need more people to complain. — Dennis Orlando Jr.
• Yes! I feel like I’m taking my life in my hands every time I have to turn left on those bloody blinking lights. — Carmel Henderson
• Then, if you don’t go, people honk at you. — Dennis Orlando Jr.
• And this is when accidents are most likely to happen because then you feel pressured to go. — Carmel Henderson