If there were ever a case for speed cameras, this would be it. There are always people walking their dogs, walking to the stores on this street and always crossing the street. In addition, there is an elementary school and a senior center. Why not make this a speed enforcement zone with cameras. It wouldn't hurt to build some speed humps! Just saying......

I donot get this.It is most likey that this driver is from the area.Or was visiting someone and no one is comeing forward with info.

How is a "collector" road defined? Just curious.

Bring on the speed camera and run it 24/7. Right in the middle of the "1+ lane" area so that it's less convenient for people to speed before/after it (because everyone will know where it is).

It would help to put a divider, like they did on Eastern Avenue, in the middle of Joppa, Bel Air Road at certain points along the road. For example, drivers will cross from 7-11 to the entrance of the Perry Hall Shopping Center and nearly cause accidents daily. This is only one example. It would also make it more difficult for criminals to go any direction they want at any part of the roads.

Speed bumps don't do a whole lot, I've seen streets that have them and people still drive to fast on those roads. I drive the speed limit on this road, and people are just insane drivers. It's a hurry up and go world, no one has any patience anymore. Not sure about speed cameras, as I don't think the fines would deter anyone in a hurry, they would just pay the fine and do the same thing again. Unless they can come up with something along the lines of getting so many speed camera ticks that you get your license suspended or have to do community service or jail time.

The 5th District Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee recommended improvements to Seven Courts Drive to make the road more livable. By narrowing the excessively wide roadway with bulb-outs, bike lanes and increasing on-street parking, vehicular speeds will reduce. Seven Courts Drive is also listed in the Eastern County Bicycle & Pedestrian Access Plan which makes it more eligible for funding. Radar is only a temporary solution. Roadway redesign will last for 20+ years.

I also live on Bourbon Court and my son attends Seven Oaks Elementary School. I fear for his safety every morning as he stands at the bus stop at Bourbon and Seven Courts. When I leave for work at 7:15 AM - trying to make a simple right turn out of Bourbon Court is dangerous! The cars speeding towards Joppa Road makes me so angry! The speed limit is 30 mph. However, I know these cards are easily driving 50-60 mph! I think a speed camera would be GREAT especially if put by the elementary school. This entire situation makes me furious. I feel for Beverly and her family and friends. I'm surprised more accidents have no occurred along that stretch of Seven Courts. Very sad and tragic. P.S. I've kept a close eye out for a light colored Ford Five Hundred. They can't hide forever.

Agree with Kathryn...there is so much carelessness amongst the drivers speeding on Seven Courts each day it is pathetic. Speeding, weaving in and out of traffic, tailgating, etc.

Totally agree.
Clearly, people can't execute good sense. It's all about "me". I'm more important then everyone else, so they should just get out of my way!

Then they wonder why their governments over-regulate them. Act like children, get treated like children.

the issue that i see, seven courts needs speed humps. they installed the traffic circle to slow down the traffic but after it, people are off to the races. speed humps work. it is a simple and low cost solution. speed cams wont work because it doesnt force people to slow down, you just get a 40 dollar no point ticket. you do 80 over a speed hump your car is toast

How about this one.....educate! Instead of waisting time with a lot of the feel good and fuzzy stuff in the schools, teach kids more about what their actions can do to others. This is certainly an example. Aggressive driving is becoming a serious problem all over. I am sick of fighting for my place on the road, getting cut off or cussed at for actually doing the speed limit.

As a firefighter and a EMT for this area I would have to disagree for the speed humps. They slow our response times down a lot. If your house was on fire or if your parents were having the big one, would you want those speed humps in? As for the camera, people will just slow down at the camera and then speed right back up after it.

The traffic circle was not put in to slow down traffic, it was put in to make it easier to gain access to Seven Courts from Proctor. People still fly through that intersection without slowing down. Very often you can see that some one has driven throught the center of the circle.

Not to minimize the issue, but some of these reckless drivers even choose to speed around the neighborhood with the LOUDEST mufflers & engines. Rattles our windows!

That circle is a joke! John is right, it wasn't there two weeks and someone's trailer scratched a line deep into the bricks. And why do people stop before entering when nobody is yet in the circle? So we have some that go through it as intended, some that race, and some that stop when there's no reason. I'm for adding the cameras as well as for getting BCPD out there with radar a bit more often. I have not seen radar on Seven Courts in several months. It could help the budget situation as well!

Not sure what the solution to the speeding is, but the circle does work for aiding flow, i.e, traffic congestion at 7 Cts and Proctor.

Not to excuse the hit-and-run driver, but the person that stopped to allow the pedestrian to cross also contributed to this accident - unwittingly. Never stop on a two-lane to allow a pedestrian to cross where there is no crosswalk. The driver behind you has no clue why you've stopped, or what is about to occur.

This is a dangerous strip. I believe police surveillance is the section, ticketing, and speed cameras are viable first steps.

I think enforcing our speed limit by more ticketing would greatly help the speeding problem. Anyone ever go through Bridgeville on the way to the Delaware beaches? Nobody speeds through that little town, at least not a second time. The reason is that people know that you WILL get a ticket. It's just a given that you do 25 mph all the way through and nobody lays on the horn, flips you off or tailgaits. It's funny how people will obey a law if they know there will be punishment otherwise. We can't have a cop on every street but for problem areas like Seven Courts people will finally get the message.

I don't know what the answer is, except, maybe another traffic light? Being a senior and using the senior center, it is very hard to get into and out of the center and the school has the same problem, because there is a dip in the road of Seven Courts, and you can not see what is coming and people have a tendency to step on the gas after the traffic circle. What do you think?

There is no need for Seven Courts Drive to be 4 lanes wide. DPW should put out traffic counters (like they have recently done on Silver Spring, Perry Hall Blvd) to verify this. Take the extra road space from cars and give it to the people who live there.

On a typical day, people may speed down that road. But on this particular day, factoring in the time and event that just finished, one would make the probably assumption that the vehicle that killed this woman was driven by an intoxicated driver. I can tell you for a fact that during the ravens game, the beer was flowing at bars and parties like it was New Years Eve. The accident occurred minutes after the game. The person who killed this woman was probably not speeding, but instead driving intoxicated. You can have all the speed humps and cameras you want, but that wont sober a person up.

I think a speed camera near the elementary school and the senior center are the most viable answer. Baltimore County could install a lined pedestrian crossing with flashing yellow lights. How are senior citizens and parents with children going to walk across the Seven Courts Dr without some type of crossing help? I think if a driver receives too many speeding camera tickets, their license should be suspended for a period of time. I think the citizens of Seven Courts have been too patient waiting for an answer to correct speeding on Seven Courts Dr.

I would suggest putting a mini Right Side Light like the one by the park n ride and White Marsh Mall. When people need to cross they can hit the light, and it should slow down and stop incoming traffic both ways. Don't put speed bumps they suck. Let me remind you people, the hit and run driver was not the only person to blame. The person who committed the hit and run, probably was scratching his head wondering why in the F someone came to a complete stop, it's only natural to go around something completely stopped in a place where no stopping is permitted. Who the heck stops to let someone cross, and does'nt even think about the other side of traffic, if you look in your rearview you can see for the most part alot of 7 courts you already rode on.