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Richmond resident brings 200-plus petition signatures asking committee for cameras on Sims Avenue after series of crashes
Summary
At the Public Safety Standing Committee meeting, resident Mario Brandon presented petitions from more than 200 neighbors asking the city to install automated enforcement cameras on Sims Avenue after “over 30” crashes in the last year, including one that nearly struck him.
Mario Brandon, a Richmond resident, told the Public Safety Standing Committee that Sims Avenue has seen “over 30 something accidents this past year” and presented more than 200 petition signatures asking the city to install automated speed-enforcement cameras and mail citations to violators.
Brandon said the most recent crash almost reached his home. “The wheel, the axle came off the car,” he said, describing an incident that left bystanders shouting to warn him. He urged the committee to act “ASAP” and said…
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