SPEEDING AND DANGEROUS DRIVING

Your Mediterrania Board has been working with the RPV Department of Public Works to minimize the ongoing danger encountered when turning left up Palos Verdes Drive East from Ganado. This intersection has recently been the scene of several serious accidents with bicycles broadsiding vehicles that were attempting to turn left onto PV Drive East. At our urging, the Public Works Director commissioned a traffic study after we requested more traffic warning signs and possibly a stop light or stop signs. The City study, based on aerial views, initially proposed to cut all trees and shrubs down to 12 inches all the way up PVDE 250 feet from Ganado/PVDE intersection. The Board has been working with the City to keep our entrance relatively intact as the trees have already been limbed up and foliage trimmed down so there is a clear view for drivers looking up PVDE. We even provided photos taken from the driver’s perspective in a car at the Ganado stop sign the way any driver should look before entering the intersection before turning left. The major issues are speed and lane control. The City’s solutions include putting in bike lanes, narrowing the lanes on PVDE, red striping some more of the curbs and putting in some radar speed feedback signs. The City believes that this approach will slow the traffic down. We should all be extra careful when we drive up Ganado and turn onto PV Drive East. Regarding Ganado, the speed limit is 25 and some drivers don’t obey it putting pedestrian lives at risk. Please SLOW DOWN.

It is very important that residents call the Sheriff’s Dept. non-emergency number, (310) 539-1661, whenever speeding motorcycles or cars are observed. The Sheriff's Department rates the severity of the problem based on the number of calls received.

If you are aware of a speeder in our neighborhood, or on Palos Verdes Drive East, you can contact the Lomita Sheriff Station at (310) 539-1661. It will be helpful to provide the make, model, and license plate number (if known) of the speeding vehicle.  There are children, family pets, wildlife, and others that could be harmed if a vehicle is unable to stop due to excessive speeds.