How fast is too fast on a winding road? That is up for debate when it comes to Turkey Hollow Road in Rock Island County. The road is widely used by rural and city commuters alike. Some want the speed limit lowered and have petitioned the Rock Island City Council.

The portion of the road is between 92nd Avenue and Andalusia road.  Part of it is in unincorporated Rock Island County and part of it is within the Rock Island city limits. Some residents say 55 mph there is too fast and there are too many accidents. Other petitioners disagree saying the speed limit meets state code and should not be changed.

"It's only two miles long so what's the difference, in two miles, if you are going 10 miles (per hour) slower," said Kevin DeDobbelaere.

DeDobbelaere and his wife have have lived on Turkey Hollow Road for 10 years, and in that time he says more than a dozen cars have gone in his ditch.

"One girl ran up the telephone pole here. She came through this ditch and over that ditch and ended up flipping over on the telephone pole."

It is not just in front of his house. DeDobbelaere says the county lowered the speed limit to 40 mph in the dense residential area three years ago, but it is still hazardous all the way to Andalusia Road.

"I think it should be slow, lowered, it's way too fast here," he added.

Tom Hisey lives in Edgington and has been driving Turkey Hollow Road on his commute to work for more than 30 years. Hisey disagrees with the petitions to lower the speed limit from 55 to 40 mph there. He started a petition of his own that has more than 200 signatures.

"If the people follow the advisory speed limits down the road, around the curve and down the hill, the last stretch is 6/10ths of a mile of flat blacktop road," said Hisey.

Despite several accidents on that stretch, Hisey says thousands of cars travel the road every day and he feels the caution signs should be enough to keep people safe.

"The residents all want to be safe. We all want the residents to be safe there. We just want to stick to the standards and that's why standards were made, to keep people safe," added Hisey.

The Rock Island Engineering Division recently conducted a traffic study on that portion of Turkey Hollow Road and determined roadside conditions do not necessitate a lower speed limit. It recommended the Rock Island City Council deny any changes. The council is scheduled to make this decision Monday night.

In the past two years there have been at least a half-dozen accidents along that stretch of road. In 2005, a 20-year-old died after his car veered off the road and rolled.