WINTER PARK, Fla. — A Winter Park couple is asking what the city can do to slow down drivers on a neighborhood street.

What You Need To Know

  • Michael and Kasi Adair say it’s difficult to turn onto Palmer Avenue from Temple Drive

  • Road rage is common at the intersection, they say

  • The couple wants something to slow down drivers on Palmer Avenue

  • The city of Winter Park determined a stop sign or speed bumps isn’t necessary at the intersection

Michael and Kasi Adair moved into a home at the corner of Palmer Avenue and Temple Drive 1-1/2 years ago.

“We didn't think this road would get a lot of traffic because it's not Aloma, it's not Fairbanks, it's not a big street,” Michael Adair said.

It may not be a big street, but Palmer Avenue, as they would find out, is a busy street, with drivers going between Park Avenue and Lakemont Avenue.

“Every morning I think I'm taking my life into my hands and my daughter's hands as we pull left because we have to pull left and there's so much traffic,” he said.

The couple said there’s so much traffic that’s going fast on Palmer Avenue that it’s difficult for drivers trying to turn from Temple Drive.

They want something like a stop sign or speed bumps to slow down drivers.

A city spokeswoman said Winter Park’s transportation division assessed the Palmer Avenue corridor in 2021, 2020, and several years prior to that, and determined a stop sign and speed bumps weren’t needed.

The city of Winter Park looked at data and found from 2023 to the end of 2024, there have been just four crashes at Palmer and Temple.

The city did add a rectangular, rapid flashing beacon to assist pedestrians to cross.

“There are no stop signs all the way down this road, so there's a lot of traffic that just gets going a little too fast,” Michael Adair said.

The city is looking at safety enhancements a little down the road on Palmer, at Phelps Avenue.

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