Drivers speeding through Deltona neighborhood prompt resident complaints, city steps toward speed bumps

A Deltona homeowner says drivers routinely speed through his neighborhood, and he believes it has made the street unsafe for families and children playing outside.Jeff Ensminger, who has lived on Staten Drive for six years, said he has noticed fewer parents and children out walking lately.“When I first moved in, for the first couple of years, it was common to see mothers pushing their kids in strollers or walking their kids, or senior citizens walking their dogs,” Ensminger said. “But I’ve noticed in the last three to four years you rarely see that.”Ensminger said drivers and e-bikes have sped down the street well above the posted 25 MPH speed limit. He said he has nearly been hit twice, and claims a child was hit last year in the area around Staten Drive and S. Courtland Boulevard.He also described what he said was a close call last Friday, when he said a driver ignored a stop sign and sped toward children playing basketball in the roadway.“He sped up right into where those kids were