Hawaii86

There isn't a 'ringleader'. It's a group of residents. This sort of insistence of creating an individual to target is why some avoid this forum. I don't know what to say about people's rejections of actual police data. So I'll make any future contributions to a formal consultation process rather than this thread.

I live on Melbourne Grove and would support a barrier or whatever is feasible to deal with the volume of traffic and excessive speeds. I use lordship lane instead of MG as I've had so many horrible experiences of near misses as drivers using it as a ratrun are impatient to nip through the traffic and don't want to wait while a resident parks or puts their kids in the car. I've been beeped at and sworn at while strapping my 3 year old in to her car seat. The road isn't wide enough for two cars to pass easily at all points so most drivers speed, brake and speed again between passing points. This means it is difficult to accurately record the actual impact of speeding. Average speeds are reduced by drivers coming to a standstill near junctions and to let other cars through. Only yesterday I was called a 'stupid bitch' for driving at 20mph and waiting for a cyclist to pass before turning into blackwater. Delivery drivers have nearly knocked my eight year old down as they've come round the bend near colwell so fast that they haven't been able to brake quickly enough. The 20mph limit is not being adhered to and that's simply not safe for the many kids who walk to school along the road. A number of my neighbours have had their cars scraped and wing mirrors knocked off. One four times recently. All these references to new residents making complaints are misleading. There are residents who've lived on the street for decades who want something done. 15000 vehicles a week is an awful lot of traffic for a road that can't take two cars passing each other at every point. Of course drivers will speed up to get to a passing point. When multiple van and HGV drivers do this too it creates a very unsafe situation. Regarding the comment on a lack of supportive voices on the forum, not everyone uses this forum because discussions can quickly become polarised and comments can get quite personal. The campaign has attempted to contact every resident of MG directly and found huge support for the feasibility study. Contacting all MG residents to ask for their views seems like a reasonable place to start. Obviously a formal wider consultation would take place before any action was taken.

Hi all. Just wondering if anyone knows of a pub that's showing the fight tonight. Thanks.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I have given the details to James Barber who said he will contact the police on my behalf. I actually quite like the idea of a pedestrian camera. Something to think about...

I did get their number. But I'm not sure what to do with it. Does anyone know who to report traffic offences to locally? I couldn't find anywhere you can report online and I can't hold for the local police for ages as I'm waiting for a work call...

As a resident of, and driver in SE22, I find myself beeped at for doing 20mph on 20 limits and for waiting at pelican crossings that are flashing amber because people are crossing. When I cross the Lordship Lane pelican crossings on foot with my kids, the little one now panics and runs because she has got used to idiots starting to drive over the crossing when the lights are flashing amber (and we are still in the road). This morning, crossing LL at the Pelican near Townley Road, a driver went a stage further and (having slowed up initially) simply drove over the crossing through a red light and turned right from LL into Townley. My kids were saying, 'but it's the green man!' What can I say to them? For them a flashing green man means 'Run for your lives'. They are London kids so they know that you still take care at a pelican in case of emergency vehicles etc. But really, taking a red with kids crossing the road to school is a bit much, no? And yes I realise it may have been someone from out of the borough hammering it to a private school but they may still see this and experience remorse. (Maybe.)