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Unseen dangerous crossing point
Reported via desktop in the Roads/highways category anonymously at 14:57, Sun 13 November 2022
Sent to Norfolk County Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 3960581.
Dangerous pedestrian crossing point, blind bend and 45 degree angle for pedestrians (and mobility scooters) crossing ‘Ipswich road’ Dickleburgh, footpath to footpath diagonally. (In contravention of the rules in the 'Highway Code') overgrown trees and hedging obscuring drivers view of the road (and pedestrian’s crossing the road) as they leave the roundabout traveling into Dickleburgh. (I am aware of Rule H2 of the ‘Highway Code’ regarding drivers watching out for, and under this ‘new regulation’ giving way to pedestrians, BUT in the real world THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN! And the excuse is “what the f##k are you doing in the middle of the road?” and sometimes it was “I couldn’t see you” when the truth is actually “I was driving so fast that I couldn’t see far enough around the bend”, unsurprisingly I have never heard this last retort! As there is street lighting up to and including the roundabout, is this a 30mph limit as per the Highway Code? There are no 'National speed limit signs' present but drivers travel too quickly to be able stop safely. A local PC believes a 'National Speed Limit' exists at this location! Perhaps this is one of those ‘technical’ situations where someone has to be killed before ‘clarification of the law’ becomes ‘law’ because the 60mph (National Speed Limit) applies to the A 140 Dickleburgh bypass, and it appears also to apply (though there no (‘National Speed Limit applies’) signs to the road leaving the roundabout into the village of Dickleburgh, so drivers are traveling as fast as possible around this blind bend! The solution to the problem would be for, works to continue the foot path on the west side of Ipswich road up to the Dickleburgh bypass and provide a crossing point over the Ipswich road connecting the footpath / cycle path prior to crossing the duel carriageway. Drivers would a much clearer view of pedestrians crossing at this point and hopefully driving slower, whilst pedestrians would be afforded a far greater view of the road and approaching traffic, and in addition there would be a refuge on the divider so pedestrians only have to concentrate on one direction of traffic at a time. This divider is wide enough for a mobility scooter to stop between crossing carriageways. Both Clearway signs have their marker boards facing the wrong directions. There are no ‘Give Way’ triangular warning signs for the roundabout on ‘Ipswich road’ Dickleburgh or 'Norwich road' Thelveton. The situation has existed since the construction of the Dickleburgh bypass or perhaps even from the design stage. Unfortunately I have had several near miss incidents recently where the drivers were traveling so fast I did not get the make of the vehicles involved, let alone the registration numbers to report to the police.
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I believe this will be another of those problems where someone has to be killed or seriously injured before Norfolk County Council or Highways realises their responsibility and does something about the problem they themselves 'planned', 'approved' and 'created'! Only time will tell.
Posted anonymously at 15:18, Sun 11 December 2022
Still open, via questionnaire -
Apparently someone from the department will contact me sometime in January to 'look at' the problem but with the caveat that there is 'no official crossing point' even though it is accepted it is at a point on the road where pedestrians, cyclists and mobility scooters are likely to cross the road, nor will there likely to be any 'funding' to correct the design flaw in the junction layout. As the junction gets busier with the increased housing developments locally (all those extra ratepayers) I still suspect it will take a serious accident or fatality to get the council to 'do the right thing'!
Posted anonymously at 19:07, Sun 8 January 2023
Still open, via questionnaire -
Still open, via questionnaire, 15:21, Mon 6 February 2023
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06/02/2023 Proposed visit by 'Highways' engineer didn’t happen now trying to involve parish council for support.
Posted by Mr William Palmer at 15:33, Mon 6 February 2023
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