• A town in Pennsylvania has opted to use squiggly lines and delineators to slow drivers down.
  • Motorists appear to be using the neighborhood street as a shortcut between two main roads.
  • Residents wanted officials to act as they claimed Grays Lane had become a “speedway.”

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says speeding is involved in approximately one-third of all motor vehicle fatalities and speeding killed 12,151 people in 2022. Given the dangers, governments and law enforcement have come up with a number of methods to deter the practice.

However, few raise as many eyebrows as what Montgomery Township did. The small Pennsylvania community of around 25,000 people decided to paint one local road with squiggly lines. The end result makes Grays Lane look like a sad surrealist painting.

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While drivers can currently ignore the lines and continue driving straight, that won’t be the case for much longer. The township noted delineators will be going up soon and this suggests the road will be lined by plastic columns, which will force drivers to slow down and follow the winding path.

Of course, that’s the point as the township wants drivers to slow down in the residential neighborhood. Residents are seemingly onboard with this as officials reportedly received multiple complaints about people speeding down the road.

Officials didn’t elaborate, but a map of the area shows that Grays Lane can be used as a shortcut between two main roads. If you don’t cut across there, you could have to travel up to 1.5 miles (2.4 km), depending on which way you’re traveling.

Thanks to the changes, Grays Lane will likely become a far less appealing shortcut. Furthermore, drivers that do take that route will now likely be traveling slower.

H/T to NBC