jeff todd way

Police say speed contributed to a young man’s death in a motorcycle crash Saturday in the Mount Vernon area of Fairfax County. He, another motorcyclist and a Camaro driver “rapidly accelerated” when a traffic light turned from red to green, police said. Travis West, of Portsmouth, died after the fiery crash at about 10:15 a.m. on Jeff Todd Way,...

No patrols, no police, no enforcement and lots of speeding — this is the reality for those who drive on Jeff Todd Way in Fairfax County. “They do speed on that road,” commuter Jerome Grigsby said. “Actually because there’s nothing back there to tell them anything about ‘slow down, no speeding,’ no nothing.” The road opened about six years ago…

A road in Fairfax County can’t be regulated by police because of jurisdictional issues. Transportation Reporter Adam Tuss.