tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post5878833959176924898..comments2023-10-09T11:27:46.098+01:00Comments on Shepherd's Bush: Barnet Council kills road humps, and its people. Not here!Chris Underwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03026438313352911527noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-70188613816076802662011-05-24T13:36:15.509+01:002011-05-24T13:36:15.509+01:00Chris,
The good news is that there were 4% fewer t...Chris,<br />The good news is that there were 4% fewer traffic casualties in H&F last year than the year before.<br />http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/Cycling/casualties-in-greater-london-2010.pdf<br />That still leaves us with two deaths in our borough - plus 72 "serious" and 616 "slight" casualties, so a total of 690.<br />So far as Barnet is concerned I've looked at the figures from the year before Tom Utley's Telegraph article was written, 2002. There were 1,850 traffic casualties in Barnet. In 2010 it was 1,520.<br />http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/accidents_and_casualties_in_greater_london_during_2002.pdfHarry Phibbsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-80580239310340402492011-05-23T14:45:30.640+01:002011-05-23T14:45:30.640+01:00Brian Coleman's got to go...
http://en.wikip...Brian Coleman's got to go... <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Coleman#Pro-car_policy<br /><br />(The rest of that article is rather telling, too).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-34737421759003651792011-05-23T14:07:51.228+01:002011-05-23T14:07:51.228+01:00Thanks Anonymous (or Nick as I think you're ot...Thanks Anonymous (or Nick as I think you're otherwise known!) - corrected kind sir. Glad to have the BBC's beady eye keeping me on the straight n' narrer.Chris Underwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03026438313352911527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-47140703692692338912011-05-23T14:07:03.187+01:002011-05-23T14:07:03.187+01:00Our road achieved some of the very first speed bum...Our road achieved some of the very first speed bumps in SB many years ago - but not until a child had been knocked down as he exited a playground. Sighs of relief all round as our hearts had been in our mouths every day watching infants vs. boy racers. <br /><br />Some still drive scarily fast over those (now) cushions in our 20mph zone... but of course this year thanks to our Council the playground and play centre no longer exist, the site having been sold off to a developer to be covered with pricey private houses - so no more children being ushered across the road. Any future residents under 16 liable to be transported in airtight Chelsea Tractors I'd say. Chiswick Chariots? <br /><br />Bumps are very annoying for drivers - but we perhaps all need saving from ourselves in this respect and the stats in this case speak for themselves. Better frustrated than become a killer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-51773896868891260182011-05-23T13:49:11.293+01:002011-05-23T13:49:11.293+01:00Surely "Its" people.
Yours pedantically....Surely "Its" people.<br />Yours pedantically...<br />And of course it's a serious subject.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1131658095945044290.post-46977258389882091632011-05-23T13:47:11.676+01:002011-05-23T13:47:11.676+01:00My parents live on a fairly straight 3 mile road b...My parents live on a fairly straight 3 mile road between two main roads and the speed at which people tear down there is horrifying and I've seen first hand the accidents as a result. (On average five per year.) Local groups applications for speed bumps have been overturned many times due to drivers opposition. <br /><br />This is something I've always commended SB on. I'm not a massive motorist fan.RoxanneLaWinnoreply@blogger.com