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A month after Tinley Park resident Donna LePinske raised concern about dangerous driving on her street at a village meeting, she returned to the public comment podium in last month with reassurance.

She said that besides a tree in her front yard that was taken down, which she said was the main barrier between her house and the cars zipping by, she has felt safer.

Her neighborhood, along 167th Street, is known for having a high rate of car crashes due to the curve of the road and speeding motorists. But LePinske said conditions recently improved, and credits this to a new lighted stop sign along with increased police presence.

“The police presence has definitely been noticed,” LePinske told village officials. “We did get the flashing stop s

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