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Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer demonstrated the equipment used to log the speeds of more than 15,000 drivers at certain trouble spots.

The data was collected and organized over the course of eight months by the people at Transportation Alternatives. They say they found 39 percent of drivers in the city go faster than the posted limit of 30 miles per hour. They also say speeding even 10 miles over the limit can be deadly.

"If you hit a pedestrian at 40 mph, the chance of that person dying doubles," said Paul Steely White, Transportation Alternatives.

"Way back when, in the 70's, people who drove drunk got a wink and nod from cops and we know how many innocent lives were taken by that attitude. That's the same way we have to look at speeding," said Stringer.

"I walk here everyday and scared for my life," said Ana Nazario, a resident.

Thirty-two percent of drivers on Northern Boulevard near Junction Boulevard in Queens speed, while 88 percent of drivers on Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn clocked above the limit.

"Cars coming down on Rogers tend to go very fast," said one resident.

In all, 13 locations across all five boroughs were studied, and the locations were chosen based on the number of community complaints about them, and the data on their rates of fatal and nonfatal pedestrian and cyclist accidents.

Although NYPD statistics show traffic fatalities are down over the past decade, just last year the department issued 70,000 speeding summonses. Stringer and the study's authors suggest better law enforcement by installing speed monitoring cams and more traffic calming measures such as speed bumps, if drivers are not willing to slow down on their own.