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This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. How about a sign that says BJ Leiderman writes the WEEKEND EDITION theme music?Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR. SIMON: The councilman has paid for these signs himself, so far $400, more than that for the next round, that this gets people to stop speeding through his Salt Lake City district. You know, drive slowly, and slowly - (speaking Spanish) despacito - like Fonsi sings. LUIS FONIS AND DADDY YANKEE: (Singing) Despacito. Councilman Puy says some of the new signs will be in Spanish including one that nods to a hot hit of summer's passage. SIMON: Maybe she'll put it in her house, not just on the lawn. And you know, I'm not sure how that one is going to go, but I'm going to give that neighbor, you know, the sign that she wanted. You know, it's - you know, everybody knows about the wild turkeys in the neighborhood. PUY: It's more of an inside joke on the West Side. These signs have proven so popular a second batch is in the works including one that says wild turkey crossing. There's also a sign with the admonition, slow down, traffic school is boring. SIMON: Effective unless your grandfather wants to drive like Lewis Hamilton or Danica Patrick. But then, all of a sudden, all the grandpas, apparently - or maybe the grandmas are asking about the grandpas. And I thought no one was going to get it. PUY: Drive like your grandpa - some people started liking that one lately. SIMON: Slow down, then two silhouettes of people with walkers facing each other.

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SIMON: But lowering the speed limit works only for people who pay attention to signs, doesn't it? Councilman Puy wanted to get the attention of drivers to spark them into driving more responsibly, so he began to customize some black-and-yellow yard signs with a dash of humor. So those five miles an hours (ph) make a difference. The chances of getting hit and dying at 20 are not that high. You know, the difference between getting hit at 25 miles an hour most likely means death. PUY: The push to slow down our neighborhood streets from 25 to 20 is well-researched. First, he voted with other members of the council to lower the speed limit in neighborhoods from 25 to 20 miles per hour. SIMON: Councilman Puy says speeding has caused problems for his constituents - accidents, near-misses and deaths of pedestrians.

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