Pilotonline.com:
AfterAt The Hampton Roads Cyclist:weeksyears of butting heads with city traffic engineers, neighborhood activists and those who lost loved ones on Shore Drive got what they wanted: a lower speed limit.
Lowering the speed limit will help in at least two ways: 1) it will give all users of Shore Drive a little bit of extra time to see and safely respond to each other, and 2) when something does go wrong the chances of a fatal outcome will be reduced (see motor vehicle fatality rates).