Pot Holes and Pennsylvanians

We create smooth asphalt or concrete roadways, then wonder why people drive too fast and don't obey the speed limits.

Currently, our streets are being torn up because sewers are being installed.  The sewer / pipe-laying crews throw loose asphalt back on top of the torn up streets, but don't put a steam roller on it to smooth it out.

The consequence is that it is almost impossible to drive the 0.9 mile stretch from the market to our street at anything more than 25 miles an hour ... unless you want to tear up your car undercarriage.

The result of this trash on the road: even the known speeders, and the construction trucks, the teenagers and vacation visitors from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Canada and New York have been observed driving on the torn up streets at a reasonable speed, i.e., at 25 mph, despite the posted Speed Limit being 35 mph.  The Speed Limit signs have never been effective, but the cruddy roadway has slowed everyone down. 

Is there a message here?  Maybe we should petition the City Council to leave the ruts and ruined asphalt just the way they are and see what happens to the number of speeding tickets in the next few months.   In the current jargon: "I'm just sayin' ..."

PS: Nothing against the Pennsylvanians, or other tourists who visit Our Fair City.  They just happened to come from a state that allowed alliteration in the title.  I could have used POntario, PDelaware or PNew Jersey, but it just wouldn't have been the same.