Two members of the D.C. Council are hoping to put the brakes on drivers zooming through urban neighborhoods, but critics call their proposed solution an overreaction that could snarl traffic and irritate drivers. Council members Muriel Bowser and Tommy Wells introduced a bill earlier this week that would drop the residential speed limit in the District from 25 mph to 15 mph.

Proponents of the bill acknowledge that it’s a rigorous standard to impose on drivers, but say it will help protect pedestrians.