Peckham Rye, Forest Hill Road and environs street audit

[earlsam]

I will look into it

[earlsam]

I will be looking to address all littering issues tomorrow

[ladywotlunches]

It appears from the map that you'll be covering Brenchley Gardens as part of the audit. The road surface recently has been getting really bad. Not broken up, but there seems to have been several patches of subsidence which makes a journey (by car or bike) along there a bit like a rollercoaster. On the upside though - no need for (more) speed humps >:D

[Medley]

I definitely second the dog poo point. And the speeds traffic reaches on F H Road as there are no speed control measures there.

[PeckhamRose]

Oh great, yes, bring in more speed humps! Nooooooooooo! But aren't there traffic lights up Forest Hill Road? Yes there are!

[Medley]

As if traffic lights are a substitute for speed control! It's only a pedestrian-activated set, so if no one wants to cross...there ain't no traffic lights. So at night it's one open stretch the vast majority of the time. Hence the absurd speeds reached. Even when drivers are starting off from the lights, they still reach concerning speeds before getting to the speed cameras on Peckham Rye.

And you'll notice I didn't say I wanted speed bumps. I'm no great fan of them either. Just something to keep a lid on the speeds - changed street design, no street furniture, more street furniture, camera - I don't mind!

[Mrs Y]

Earlsam

Could you let us know how the audit ewnt today.

Kind regards

[earlsam]

I will send the report when ready

[ED Newbie]

Hi,

I'm gutted I missed this post as I wanted to raise the concern of the traffic lights opposite Brenchly Gardens on Forest Hill Road too.

Is it against the law to beep a car horn after 11pm in a built up area?

According to the Highway Code the car horn is supposed to be used only to alert others to your presence (ie it's a warning device)

I live near the end of Marmora road and the beeping drives me nuts as I really think that 90% of these people are either using this because they are blatantly being impatient with the car in front or which is quite concerning the confusion of the green light for the buses in the filter lane to turn around and not for them to go ahead.

I have also seen near misses with buses turning around due to this confusion.

I'm not sure what the solution would benefit drivers, residents and buses but a reminder like some sort of signage to remind drivers regarding their horn tooting wouldn't go a miss.

I'd like a copy of the report too and any feedback regarding my above rant :)

Thanks