MUNCIE, Ind. -- Whitney Stump didn't like watching drivers ignore the stop signs at the intersection outside his home, so he asked the city to paint crosswalks there.

When the city said no, he made one himself. And the city wasn't appreciative.

Stump, a 27-year-old Ball State University graduate student and father, says he was arrested once on a charge of criminal mischief for creating the crosswalk at the intersection of d**** and North streets. He was arrested a second time when he went back to touch up the paint.

"If they're not going to provide a safe environment for me and my community, then I believe I have a moral obligation," said Stump, who has spent 10 hours in jail for the crosswalk work.

Stump said he first asked the city to do the job, thinking crosswalks would get drivers' attentions and make them aware they needed to slow down.

"I called the street and sign department probably a half-dozen times in the course of six months (to) a year," he told 6News' Ray Cortopassi.

But the city said painting a crosswalk in a residential area is not necessary unless the intersection is near a school. In Stump's case, the intersection isn't.

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Thi is kind of funny. But, I understand how he feels. There is no way that cars should go as fast as they do through residential areas.

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do, but I would've asked the guy why he diddnt't just video tape the cars blowing through the stop sign and take that with him as evidence that there's a problem. Something similar happened in a neighborhood down here and the person video taped at least 10-15 cars blowing through a stop sign in a residential neighborhood. After getting ignored by local authorities, she took it to the news stations and a short time later a police car cited several drivers for failure to stop....and that lady diddn't spend ANY time in jail.

glorybebe!!! You must refrain from using such foul language in your post!

LOL, I wonder how that happened?! I just cut and pasted! Bloody news channel, making me look bad! Hee hee

Now that would have been the way to do it right, but ya still have to give the guy credit for caring about his community! Mabey he should run for city council to ensure a safer community, he,d have my vote since he has the determination to get the job done!

Do like they do here on our community. paint a fake road bumps. that'll sure slow em down.

if they would run stop signs why would a crosswalk stop them.

you slow down for the first one and your like.Wtf? whos painting speed buumbs.lol

At least the man tryed helping his community, and if he is a father he had even more insentive. But then again there would have better ways to do it.

that would be funny to see

people slowing down, and as the go over the "bump" they like wtf?

good on him I might've done the same thing if shooting out tires wouldn't work

He shoulda layed down thumbtacks and banana peels to slow um down.

His paint job got their attention! I think he thinks the safety of his kids was more important then a few hours in jail.
Did they leave the paint job?
I've gone to city meetings so I understand his actions!

Here. on our community.. and it's pretty effective.. everytime we would see that paint bump we laugh are a** off because every car really slows down on that PAINT BUMP.

LOL That's cool. What a dude!

Really, would ya want all that traffic near ya house though. Noisy, busy, etc

That's what I love about you ,K, your subtlety.

Not too long ago, the city put in a four-way stop sign here and they had police cars at the corner 7-11 store watching to see who would blow through it. As I grabbed my chips and soda from the store, we would hear tires screeching to a halt and watch as cars back up. Officers ready to give out tickets they felt ignored the signs.

Maybe thats what going on here, officers are not getting a chance to enforce it if they never knew when it was painted.