BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lynn Schmeidler, who lives on Colvin Avenue in North Buffalo, describes the moments after a car drove into her house.

"I came out and the vehicle was in my garden, smashed into my house. Five to seven minutes earlier, I was kneeling in that spot, I would be dead," she said.

But some neighbors in North Buffalo say this didn't come as a surprise to them, as Colvin Avenue is just one of the many streets residents describe as a ‘race track.’ They say after Parkside Avenue was narrowed from four lanes to two in 2016, they've seen an increase of drivers speeding down side streets.

"Maybe that's what needs to happen, someone needs to be killed or injured or maimed before there's some sort of action taken," said Schmeidler.

The City of Buffalo says after Parkside was narrowed, it put more speed signs in place and issued more than 100 tickets. And soon, neighbors will see even more action.

The city plans to put speed humps on streets that are known for have speeding problems, that's all based on 311 and police calls. The more of those calls police received about a street, the more likely it was getting a speed hump.

"The Buffalo Police Department Strike Force has been disbanded and the new police commissioner has reassigned them to traffic detail so I just spoke with the police chief of the D district and every single year there's hundreds of tickets that are written in the Parkside area for cars that are either going through stop signs or speeding and they regularly assign details to that area,” said Joel Feroleto, Buffalo Common Council member.

And neighbors say while that's a start, it's usually is only a short-lived solution.

"It's unfortunate and again, it doesn't have to be that way. I think there could be some very simple solutions put in place and if people for whatever reason still aren't willing to abide by the laws, I know there's other steps that can be taken," said Amanda Cotty, who lives on Parkside Avenue.

She says she doesn't want her children playing in their front yard after their neighbor's parked car was totaled by a passing driver.

"It's just common courtesy and there are several signs in the neighborhood that say ‘drive like your children live here,’ so it's really just a pretty simple request and concern," she said.