Call Berlin Officials to Stop Speeding in Our Neighborhoods

Twice the number of children in Connecticut die from motor vehicles than from guns. Speeders are criminals and should lose their license and be prosecuted accordingly.

We have witnessed vehicles traveling as fast as 60 miles per hour in our residential neighborhood here in Berlin, where many small children and pets live and play, even though the posted speed limit is 25 miles per hour.  The majority of the vehicles travel at least 40 miles per hour.  What chance does a child or pet have at those speeds?

At 25 miles per hour, a car would have traveled 86 feet before it comes to a stop.  At 45 miles per hour--a not uncommon speed in many residential neighborhoods--a car would have traveled 200 feet or more.  If a child were to dart out onto the road chasing a ball or on a bicycle, what chance would that child have if you were driving 45 miles per hour?  Are you so certain that a child would never run out onto the road within 200 feet of your vehicle?  If you were to hit and kill that child traveling at a speed in excess of the posted speed limit, would you not be guilty of manslaughter?

If you are concerned about speeding in your neighborhood, then do something about it!  Please contact the Berlin police, the Berlin Town Council members, Adam Salina, Denise McNair, and Berlin's state legislators--Joe Aresimowicz, Terry Gerratana, Catherine Abercrombie--and let them know that you want them all to take action now before a child is murdered.  The child or pet you save may be your own.

Please sign the petition to be sent to our Mayor and Chairman of the Police Commissioners for enforcement of our residential speed limits:

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/stop-speeders-in-residential?source=c.em.cp&r_by=435223

And voice your concerns about the safety of children, pedestrians, bicyclists, other drivers, and pets to those below.

Terry Gerratana
Senate District 6
674 Lincoln St
New Britain, CT 06052-1833
860-240-0584

Joe Aresimowicz
House District 30
248 Lower LnBerlin, CT 06037-2231
860-240-8500

Catherine Abercrombie
House District 83
64 Parker AveMeriden, CT 06450-5945
860-240-0490

Berlin Town Council Members:

Adam P. Salina - Mayor                                  
95 Spicewood Lane
Kensington 860 828-3530 (H)
860 293-0157 Ext. 18 (W)
860 836-1158 (Cell Phone)
Email adam@kozakandsalina.com

Eric Buhrendorf                                                
440 New Britain Road, Kensington
860 748-9250 (cell)
860 656-7810 (work)
eric@evernetco.com

David K. Evans                                               
1233 Worthington Ridge, Berlin
860 828-4555 (H)
860 665-6339 (W)
860 416-2773 (cell)
dkeatbrtc@sbcglobal.net

Margaret K. Morelli                                           
158 Somerset Drive, Berlin
860 828-6658 (H)
860 828-2903 (W)
860 559-2328 (Cell)
email m.morelli@comcast.net

William A. Rasmussen Jr.                                
139 Redwood Lane, East Berlin
860 829-0301 (H)
203 748-3751 (W)
860 916-7973 (cell)
william.a.rasmussen@ampf.com

Rachel J. Rochette - Deputy Mayor                  
61 Ellsworth Blvd., Kensington
860 829-2703 (H)
860 829-8907 (W)
860 280-5250 (Cell)
Email raejroch@comcast.net/rochetterj@aetna.com

William J. Watson III                                       
168 Blue Ridge Road, Berlin
860 348-1516 (H)
860 225-8447 (W)
860 836-0917 (Cell)
wwatson@rfswlaw.com

Town Manager:
Denise M. McNair
Telephone: 860-828-7003
E-Mail: dmcnair@town.berlin.ct.us

Administrative Assistant to the Town Manager:
Sheila Wagner
Telephone: 860-828-7003
E-Mail: swagner@town.berlin.ct.us

Chief of Police: Paul D. Fitzgerald
Deputy Chief: John M. Klett
240 Kensington Road
Berlin, CT 06037
(860)-828-7080

Police Commissioners:

Chairman Joseph Annunziata
Berlin Police Department
77 Harding Street
Kensington, CT 06037
Cell phone: 860-930-1287
E-mail: copja@comcast.net

Vice Chairman Robert Peters
Berlin Police Department
388 Percival Avenue
Kensington, CT 06037
Home phone: 860-828-4754
E-mail: rjpeters388@comcast.net

Commissioner Paul Eshoo
218 Brooke Meadow Road
Kensington, CT 06037
Home Phone: 860-828-3829
E-mail: paulu218@comcast.net

Commissioner Brad Parsons
26 Park View Road
Berlin, CT 06037
Home phone: 860-828-1660
Cell Phone: 860-841-2524
E-mail: bradparsons@cambridgeresource.com

Commissioner Ryan Zelek
225 Vineyard Drive
Berlin, CT 06037
Cell phone: 860-212-9348
E-mail address: zelek.ryan@gmail.com