The Palisades has lost many fine members of its community in local road related accidents in the last few years. In memory of all the victims of our dreadful roads, can we finally say enough is enough? Can we say never again? Can we make a stand and make a change? Pledge today to help save lives.
The PLEDGE to SAVE LIVES
http://pledge.safewestside.com
In order to prevent the senseless deaths of more members of our community, I hereby pledge not to speed, drive recklessly or drive under the influence. I further pledge to watch out for my friends and loved ones, and it is my hope that they will watch out for me. I pledge to communicate my concern to any friend or loved one driving in an unsafe or dangerous manner. If my suggestion does not cause that person to change his or her driving habits, then I pledge to communicate this information to his or her parents, partner or family member. If I’m told that someone close to me is speeding, driving recklessly or driving under the influence, I pledge to take immediate action to help change his or her driving habits. If I’m a parent and I’m given such information, I pledge to take immediate steps to restrict my child’s ability to drive a motor vehicle.
The Pledge to Save Lives exists as part of an ongoing effort to help prevent future road related accidents in the Westside community, part of the grassroots Safe Westside effort. Sunset Boulevard, Palisades Drive, and Pacific Coast Highway, three of the most dangerous roads in Los Angeles, see countless accidents each year, many of them extremely severe. While engineering conditions are partially to blame, they are mostly out of our hands. As responsible members of the community, though, it is our job to do our part to help prevent senseless losses on our roads in any way we can.
By pledging, one agrees to drive safely and responsibly and to do one’s part to encourage others to do the same. This means personally not speeding, driving recklessly, or driving while under the influence, and it means taking steps to protect others as well. Those who pledge agree to speak to their peers and explain the dangers of our roads. Some will listen, and some will not. For those that won’t, pledgers agree to speak to their loved ones – a parent might be able to better stop their child, or a wife to better stop their husband. But, we understand that this is not always easy, and thus, on this website, one can ask for an anonymous intervention by a concerned member of the community.
LEARN more. What you can do for yourself. What you can do for others.
PLEDGE to save lives. Join your neighbors, family, and friends in making a stand.
TELL those you care about. Be proactive. Communicate the dangers of speed and reckless driving.
INTERVENE for someone. Help save the life of someone you care about.
This is a map of the signatures collected in the first 36 hours that the petition went live… So far, we’ve collected over a thousand, and we’ll make another big push in coming weeks to broaden the base, especially in the Highlands.
To:
Bill Rosendahl, Councilman, Eleventh District
Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor, Los Angeles
PREAMBLE
Sunset Boulevard and Palisades Drive are extremely dangerous thoroughfares for automobiles, pedestrians and cyclists.
City law enforcement, transportation and engineering have failed to provide safe solutions on Palisades Drive and Sunset Boulevard. It is of the highest public interest to provide safe streets in all of Los Angeles. Many recent fatalities on Palisades Drive and Sunset Boulevard have reminded us that one of the primary responsibilities of the Department of Transportation is to provide safe streets.
Our community stands ready to support and work with the City toward the accomplishment of these goals.
Petition
We, the undersigned, demand that the City, and its agencies, provide safe roadways for automobile, bicycle and pedestrian traffic on and across Palisades Drive and Sunset Boulevard.
Immediate short-term measures must be implemented, including but not limited to, increased enforcement, signage, education, and all other methods necessary to eliminate preventable injury and death.
Additionally, longer term planning, engineering, education and enforcement must also commence immediately.
We cannot underscore the urgency enough, and the alarming concern surrounding this issue. Every day that these roads go unchanged, residents of the Westside continue to be at risk.
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Lance Linden, 3675 Empire Dr #106, Los Angeles, 90034
xxxxxxxx, 15332 Antioch St. #814, Pacific Palisades, CA , 90272
xxxxxxxx, 1405 Hillcrest Avenue, Glendale, 91202
xxxxxxxx, 4398 Morro Drive, Woodland HIlls, 91364
Shannon Bradley, , Los Angeles , 90069
claudia calabrese, , LA, 90069
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