DIY signs on speed fears
Residents in a Rugeley street have resorted to putting their own signs outside their homes in a bid to make drivers slow down. Residents in a Rugeley street have resorted to putting their own signs outside their homes in a bid to make drivers slow down. People in Bower Lane said they were sick of speeding drivers and heavy goods vehicles and claimed that it had been an increasing problem for two years. Signs have now been put up outside two homes stressing the fact the speed limit is 30mph amid claims some drivers travelled along the road at up to double the limit. Simon Porter, a firefighter with West Midlands Fire Service, has put a sign outside his house and said there had been three serious accidents in the street, including one in which a car hit a house. Read the full story in the Express & Star.
People in Bower Lane said they were sick of speeding drivers and heavy goods vehicles and claimed that it had been an increasing problem for two years.
Signs have now been put up outside two homes stressing the fact the speed limit is 30mph amid claims some drivers travelled along the road at up to double the limit.
Simon Porter, a firefighter with West Midlands Fire Service, has put a sign outside his house and said there had been three serious accidents in the street, including one in which a car hit a house.
Teenager Edward Kelly, aged 18 and of Horsey Lane, crashed his mother's Renault Clio into the living room of a house in Bower Lane in February last year while wearing only his swimming shorts as he had been in a friend's hot tub.
He admitted drink driving and was banned for driving for 16 months and fined £200 when he appeared before magistrates.
Mr Porter said another accident happened when parked cars were damaged on Christmas Day and said it was the final straw.
Mr Porter said: "We no longer feel safe outside our own homes due to the speed and bad attitude of many drivers and repeatedly being abused as we get on and off our driveways."
He added: "The noise is almost unbearable at peak times due to people travelling in excess of 60mph combined with a poor road surface."
Police this week mounted a week-long crackdown on speeding by carrying out speed checks each day.
A Speedwatch group is also being formed in which volunteers are being trained to use hand-held speed monitoring equipment and they would pass details of offending drivers on to police.
