House District 4 covers the area around Long Neck with the Indian River Bay as its eastern border. (If you are not 100% sure whether you live in House District 3, you can search here using your address.) If you live in this district your choice on November 3 to represent you in the Delaware House is between the Gregg Lindner and Dan Zitofsky. Using a multiple choice format, we asked these two candidates to share their views on five statements related to traffic safety in Delaware. Mr. Zitofsky did not respond but Mr. Lindner’s answers are here:
1) I voted for, or agree with, the Truth in E-Bike Marketing Act (HS 1 for HB 439), which prohibits commercial sellers from advertising high-speed electric motorcycles using terms like “electric bicycle” or “e-bike” and requires clear written disclosures regarding a vehicle’s legal classification, power, and licensing requirements.
Lindner: Strongly Agree
2) I voted for, or support, the recently passed HB 363, which allowed the default speed limit on streets in residential districts to be lowered to 20 mph.
Lindner: Strongly Agree
3) Single-vehicle run-off-the-road crashes account for over a third of Delaware’s fatal crashes. To address this, I would support legislation complementing HB 363 that lowers the default speed limit on low-volume rural roads (e.g. “tar and chip” roads) below the current 50 mph threshold.
Lindner: Strongly Agree
4) To further reduce traffic crashes on rural roadways, I support making Delaware’s rural road network more “self-explaining” using road surfaces and roadside design that convey a continuous visual message to drivers, providing more effective guidance than intermittent signage alone.
Lindner: Strongly Agree
5) To reduce crashes at intersections, I support the use of single-lane urban roundabouts and engineering those roundabouts to be slow speed junctions, keeping vehicle speeds under 20 mph at all potential collision points.
Lindner: Agree
6) Is there anything else about your record as an elected official, your experience or your views that you think is relevant to improving traffic safety in Delaware for the people you wish to represent in the 154th General Assembly?
Lindner: I would like to see a uniform approach to traffic signage throughout communities including HOA’s so that all those within the community as well as those visiting communities are working with a uniform process. It will increase the safety within these communities as today signage differs both within and across different communities.
As far as single lane urban roundabouts I would truly need to understand the aspects of that far better as a legislator and have collaborative discussions with my peers as well as experts in this arena. I have a general understanding as to the benefits which is why I provided an agree to the statement but I believe the benefits can vary depending on the locations of these roundabouts.
