Barry Rd speed awareness device...

[elliescott]

Hi James,

I wrote some time ago and we discussed the radar speed sign at the top of Barry Rd. It has not been working for months in fact I think it stopped working last year. This is the only thing we have on Barry Rd to make people aware of their speed. I appreciate its a main bus route and that rules out speed bumps but there has to be something else that can be done to reduce the speed that some drivers do. Its scary sometimes how fast cars fly down the road. I have a 2 1/2 year old and it really concerns me that I don't feel safe walking down our road.

The least that can happen is that the sign is repaired but it would be good to get a speed camera set up.

Please, this is important for all the residence of Barry Rd.

Thanks

Ellie

[trentk69]

I agree, the speed in which some cars travel up and down the road is crazy.

I was nearly hit yesterday when I crossed the road, and a young guy in a silver BMW got impatient with the traffic queue forming behind a number 12 bus that had stopped to let off passengers. He floored it, pulled out into the oncoming lane, and over took about three cars and the bus and then nearly hit me on the wrong side of the road.

A bit vigilante, but I wonder if standing out there with a camera for half an hour taking photos of the bad drivers and sending them to the traffic dept might get something done? (of course this would not detect the speeding cars)

[SteveT]

There was a suggestion of a 20 mph limit recently but it seems to have died a death.

[Earl Aelfheah]

How about installing chicanes? Or having a police person pulling over dangerous drivers?

[Sue]

elliescott Wrote:

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> Hi James,

>

> I wrote some time ago and we discussed the radar

> speed sign at the top of Barry Rd. It has not

> been working for months in fact I think it stopped

> working last year. This is the only thing we have

> on Barry Rd to make people aware of their speed.

> I appreciate its a main bus route and that rules

> out speed bumps but there has to be something else

> that can be done to reduce the speed that some

> drivers do. Its scary sometimes how fast cars fly

> down the road. I have a 2 1/2 year old and it

> really concerns me that I don't feel safe walking

> down our road.

> The least that can happen is that the sign is

> repaired but it would be good to get a speed

> camera set up.

> Please, this is important for all the residence of

> Barry Rd.

>

> Thanks

> Ellie

xxxxxxx

You might be better putting this on James's thread, as it's addressed to him?

ETA: Sorry, just seen you have done :-$