Add your name to demand the removal of these dangerous speed bumps.
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What This Is About:
In 2023, the Town of Farragut approved the installation of speed bumps on Sonja Drive and Admiral Road—despite serious safety hazards, legal concerns, and voting irregularities raised by residents.
These Speed Bumps:
- 🚑 Delay emergency medical services (EMS) response time
- Require EMS vehicles to stop at every bump
- ♿ Discriminate and violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (§35.151)
- Were approved through unfair and manipulated voting procedures
- Put children, drivers, and disabled residents at daily risk
Real Hazards. Real Harm. Real Incidents. Real Accidents.
- 📍 Dangerously located just beyond the crest of the blind hill near 11221 Sonja Drive
- 📛 Represent willful gross negligence
- 🚑 EMS delay: My disabled grandson’s ambulance was delayed at 6 speed bumps during a seizure
- ♿ Disability impact: These bumps cause physical injury to disabled drivers and violate federal design standards
- 🎥 Documented danger: Reckless drivers, demolished mailboxes, mid-bump passing, weapons brandished, and children “jumping” bumps — all caught on video
These hazards are not hypothetical — they are real, and they represent a growing liability for the Town of Farragut that taxpayers will ultimately be responsible for.
Most drivers have realized that crossing the double yellow line and straddling the bumps at higher speeds reduces discomfort.
We personally witnessed a dump truck strike and demolish a brick mailbox near 11133 Sonja Drive — the same location where children are regularly seen “jumping” the bump with scooters. The driver briefly stopped, then fled the scene. This highlights just how narrow and hazardous Sonja Drive and Admiral Road are for these types of obstructions.
What We’re Asking
Town of Farragut officials continue to mislead Farragut residents by claiming that emergency vehicles can traverse speed bumps without having to stop. This is false.
On April 15, 2024, and again on February 20, 2025, EMS personnel confirmed that emergency vehicles must come to a complete stop at each bump.
During my grandson’s seizure on February 20, EMS was delayed at three speed bumps on Sonja Drive and three more on Admiral Road en route to the hospital. These weren’t delays of seconds — every moment mattered. This same seizure response protocol remains in place for all future emergencies. The risk is ongoing and potentially life-threatening.
EMS crews themselves have expressed concern that these speed bumps are negatively impacting response times and putting lives in jeopardy.
Remove these dangerous speed bumps immediately.
Your life — or your child’s — may be the one EMS can’t reach in time because they’re stuck at the other end of Sonja Drive at a speed bump.
We are not against safe streets. We are against discrimination, willful negligence, and barriers that delay emergency response and harm our community.
This isn’t just careless — it’s reckless.
Mindless bureaucratic logic that prioritizes meaningless traffic control over human life has no place in public policy.
If common sense won’t prevail, perhaps public pressure — or legal action — will.
Given Congressman Tim Burchett’s role on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, we urge him to address how local infrastructure decisions like these affect public safety and accessibility.
Stay Involved
You can help by:
- 📣 Sharing this petition
- 📞 Calling your neighbors
- ✉️ Contacting Congressman Tim Burchett
- 📄 Reporting EMS delays and incidents via our contact form
- 📰 Writing to the [email protected]
- 📞 Reaching out to Town Engineer Darryl Smith
Sign the Petition
Add your name. Share your voice. Help us restore safe, accessible streets in Farragut View Subdivision.
🖊️ Petition to remove the speed bumps that are littering our streets and delaying EMS response will be available soon.
We need your voice.
If you live on Sonja Drive or Admiral Road, please spread the word and demand the immediate removal of dangerous and discriminatory speed bumps in our subdivision.
These speed bumps violate the Americans with Disabilities Act, delay emergency medical services, and increase the risk of accidents on our narrow roads. We will soon be collecting signatures to present to Town of Farragut officials — and your participation matters.
📝 To be counted, you must be a resident of either Sonja Drive or Admiral Road.
Your address will only be used to verify your residency and will not be shared publicly.