Dog Killed on Frederick Avenue
By Keith on May 16, 2023
At approximately 8 p.m., a dog was killed in Gaithersburg at the intersection of W. Deer Park Road and South Frederick Avenue - hit and run.
The dog appeared to have been struck on 355, made it's way to the entrance of the apartment building on the corner and died right there in a pool of blood. It was horrific and tragic to see a dog lose their life like that.
The driver appeared to have fled the scene of the accident.
This is how it is in Gaithersburg. The roads are dangerous. If a dog runs off, there's a good chance they will be killed. It's no different if it's a small child, or an adult riding her bicycle.
City Hall and the Gaithersburg police do not see a problem with reckless driving in the city. A few dead dogs, a couple of dead people, a bunch of injuries and damaged vehicles is not a problem - not for city hall anyways.
Just a few weeks ago, I complained to the city council and the mayor about reckless driving on residential roads. The mayor sent the police to my house to explain to me that there is no reckless driving on residential roads. It's a figment of my over-active imagination.
The police even ran a traffic study on my road to prove that there is no reckless driving. In the report the police provided me, it stated that there were no enforceable speeding violations recorded during the traffic study. The highest speed recorded was 44 percent over the speed limit, but according to the Gaithersburg police department, 44 percent is neither speeding nor reckless.
Where this innocent dog was killed, the speed limit on 355 is 35 miles per hour, heading into the 40 miles per hour zone. So using the Gaithersburg police math, someone going 50 miles per hour, would not be speeding or driving reckless on 355 - not an enforceable offense. And when the speed on goes up to 40 miles per hour, if drivers keep it under 60, they don't need to worry about it.
Related
Unsafe Driving on Residential Streets, Not a Problem, Says City of Gaithersburg. April 19, 2023.