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Driver gets car impounded after going 40km over speed limit on Myers Road

In an area that normally has a crossing guard, a driver was caught going double the speed limit in a school zone
CambridgeToday Staff
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Police are calling for drivers to slow down and obey the speed limit after a vehicle on Myers Road was caught going 40km/hr over the speed limit in a school zone earlier today. 

The car has been impounded for 14 days.

Coun. Scott Hamilton said it's terrifying to know someone was driving that speed in a school zone.

"With the many schools, parks, and homes on or near the road, we need to emphasize and stress safety and the enforcement of lower speeds," he said in a text.

The region reduced the speed limit to 40 km/hr on Myers Road last year and the City of Cambridge is on track to add that speed limit to all residential streets next year.

Hamilton said a planned reconstruction of Myers Road in 2026 will help.

Those plans include raised pedestrian crossing zones, a measure that was supposed to be installed this year but was delayed when a contractor couldn't be found to do the work.

Myers Road is also one of 11 locations where the City of Cambridge has struggled to fill empty crossing guard positions. 

Shannon Noonan, manager of transportation engineering with the City of Cambridge previously told CambridgeToday that all of the positions will be covered in the coming weeks as they start advertising these positions. 

Entering into the second week of school and parents who send their children to schools on Myers Road are upset that they still have to fear for their safety. 

"On more than one occasion,  I have almost been hit, trying to walk my children across," wrote Natalia Fraculj, a concerned parent in an email to CambridgeToday. "I'm not sure if drivers aren't aware that there are two schools on this road and of the speed limit or if they just don't care but either way it's a major concern."

Police are calling for drivers to obey the speed limit, especially in school zones or face significant penalties. 

Hamilton said incidents like this make Myers Road a good candidate for the expanded roll out of the region's automated speed enforcement camera program, which is identifying locations for the first phase of that program in consultation with city staff now.

He says drivers and pedestrians need to be alert in the meantime adding "it's far better to be late than to risk injury or loss of life."