Most of the time, KSPR's Speed Zone focuses on protecting kids in neighborhoods. Tonight we're looking out for the elderly. Drivers are flying over a hill in southeast Springfield right near the entrance of a residential center. Anyone trying to leave the James River Rehabilitative Center can't see someone speeding over the hill until it’s too late. Employees say pulling out of the parking lot is a gamble everyday for them and their aging residents.

James River Rehabilitative Center Employee Shelley Beck says, “It's scary you don't know if your going to get hit." A hill, a blind spot and speeding all come together at the end of her work parking lot. All of those conditions combined make leaving the James River Rehabilitative Center very dangerous.

We handed our tipster Kathy McDaniel the radar gun right after we caught someone going 20 miles per hour over. It wasn't long before we caught drivers going 10-20 over the 20 mile per hour speed limit.

About one-hundred employees worry about getting home safely every day. Employee Stephanie Tucker says, "You can not see over that hill. Employees wonder what will make drivers slow down. Beck says, "Sad to say if someone gets hit probably then."
They hope a little speed zone publicity will remind drivers who is on the other side of the hill. McDaniel says, "A lot of our residents husbands and wives are elderly and they come to visit them here. They may not be as quick as us."

Employees tell us so far there hasn't been an accident. They hope it stays that way.