Viewers Voice: Cape mom wants speed sign in neighborhood

By Miriam Zamorano

CREATED Jan. 29, 2013

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  • Viewers react to mom asking for speed sign on her street to protect her autistic son. Video by fox4now.com

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CAPE CORAL, Fla. - A Cape Coral mom has a message to drivers in her neighborhood to protect her eight year old autistic son, Brody.

"If something were to happen to him, I would blame myself. There's only so much I can do to protect him", said Patti Taylor. 

She says Brody doesn't react as quickly as other kids to speeding cars and other dangers.

She reached out to Fox Four asking for help in asking the city of Cape Coral to put up a caution or speed sign on Northeast 14th terrace. 

According to city policy, special needs signs for blind and deaf children can go up with a written request from a parent and doctor but there's nothing else in place for other disabilities. 

Many of you reacted to this. 
 
Elizabeth wrote on our Facebook page, "Signs need to be put up for child safety."
 
Jason said his son is hearing disabled puts the responsibility on police and posted, "The only help is CCPD doing their job and patrolling our neighborhoods."
 
Michael suggested parents need to look after the children and wrote, "A sign won't do anything but waste money."
 
Taylor says the chief of police said he will look into the speed on her street.