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Speeding
Reported anonymously at 15:23, Sun 3 May 2009
Sent to Birmingham City Council 1 minute later
Many cars are speeding up and down this hill. By speeding I mean that there will be convoys of several cars, up to 3 or 4 which will be speeding along the road, and overtaking in an obviously dangerous manner. This is frequent. AS an example, on Sundays it is very noticeable because there is less traffic, and more potential for speeding. I have not seen any police or monitoring activity to combat this for about 6 months. Perhaps the amount of speeding carried out by these drivers makes them very good at avoiding accidents. They certainly get a lot of practice.
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Something has been attached to a lampost to indicate to cars speeding down Swanshurst Lane that they are exceeding the speed limit. I haven't noticed that this single action has chnaged the speeding habits of those who wish to speed. Granted that when it's a bit busy, some motorists will slow down and will cause a general slowdown to following traffic.
So overall, no change to the problem. Does anyone know what these flashing boards are called, and whether thay capture any speeding information that could be made available?
No sign of any police activity. One display board to show vehicles going downhill that they are exceeding the speed limit. Overall, an ineffective response thus far. Could do with a similar board for vehicles going up hill as they go just as fast up hill as down the hill. Plus police activity to deter and or catch. Still convoys of speeding cars that are also carrying out very dangerous overtaking.
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