THE criteria used when deciding the use of road-calming measures continues to baffle me.
Recently, I drove along Devonport Road, Blackburn, which is a straight, flat road and discovered that, within a few hundred yards, there are eight or nine traffic humps.
Perhaps this is a dangerous piece of road.
On the other hand, there is Shorrock Lane, a fairly steep hill with a sharp bend at the bottom.
On its length there is a school, a hump-backed bridge, and an old people's home. Recently, there was a fatal accident plus other injuries when a car went out of control over the humped-back bridge.
A few months ago, a friend of mine was knocked down and received serious injuries.
Another lady was also knocked down and there have been several near misses, which are never reported.
I see that the residents in the Mill Hill area are asking for traffic-calming measures.
I do hope someone takes notice.
B. GAVIN, Jessel Street, Blackburn.
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