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The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is reminding drivers to obey traffic laws near the Four Corners area of Woodside after getting complaints from the community about an increase in speeding and reckless driving.
As the weather warms up, it’s typical for traffic to increase in the area where highways 84 and 35 intersect, especially on weekends, said Javier Acosta, the Sheriff’s Office public information officer. After hearing from the community that more drivers were speeding and disobeying traffic laws, the Sheriff’s Office sent out some motorcycle deputies to monitor the area. Acosta said speeding is the No. 1 violation getting citations.
“We listen to the community’s concerns. In this situation, the community was complaining about dangerous traffic conditions out there,” Acosta said. “We responded by sending a motor unit team out there.”
Woodside Mayor Chris Shaw said reckless driving behavior is nothing new for this part of town.
“Traffic on Highway 35 and the Four Corners area in particular has been a long-time issue,” Shaw said. “Speeding, noise, traffic – that’s not new.”
Shaw said using motorcycle deputies to help enforce the laws will work for now, but “we’re going to eventually have to come to sort of a solution.”
“We’re talking about a state highway that butts up against the town of Woodside and unincorporated San Mateo County,” Shaw said. “So you’ve got the CHP, the sheriff, a whole bunch of people involved. I would love nothing more than to see either a stop light up there, or some way of controlling the speed and the noise.”
