Causewayend residents supports call for traffic calming measures, 10 Nov 2011
LETTER PUBLISHED IN BLAIRGOWRIE ADVERTISER
DEAR Editor, - Re; article in last week's Blairgowrie Advertiser headlined "Ex-soldier combats speeding threat", I am the Cristeen Fraser in the article, who has worked with Bob Curran in order to obtain the views of residents within Causewayend - relating to speeding in our street.
I can confirm that all residents who were approached were in total agreement for some type of speed calming in the street.
There were 104 people who signed the petition ... and they cannot be wrong!
Unfortunately, Causewayend is regularly used as a race track, with some drivers displaying total disregard to the residents who live there and/or the pedestrians and cyclists including children who either live or frequent the street, and we as residents are surely entitled to some recognition of a long-standing problem, before a more serious incident occurs.
In response to Cllr Grant's comments in the same article, I must agree with Mr Curran when he says Cllr Grant has not
helped our situation. In an e-mail circulated by Cllr Grant dated October 20, 2011, Cllr Grant says "People daft enough
to drive like that will pay no heed to 20mph signs. Also as I have explained before, there is a duty in law on all drivers to exercise 'due care and attention' at all times and if they do not they can be charged with an offence if the Police catch them, or if they are called to an incident after it has occurred. In the latter case, there is .usually ample evidence to prove that somebody did not drive safely. Thus the speed limit itself is not crucial in whether or not a driver is charged".
I have never heard such an inappropriate response from one of our elected members, and feel this response should be treated with the contempt it deserves.
I'm sure I speak on behalf of all residents of Causewayend when I say, surely Cllr Grant does not want an "incident" to occur before ample evidence is provided??
Also, for Cllr Grant's information, speed tables do not impede emergency vehicles due to the size of their wheel base, and if this were the case, why have planners demanded their presence in areas up and down the country?
I now take this opportunity to request that Perth and Kinross Council and Tayside Police investigate this matter before
someone is the victim of one of the speeding cars. We do not want a percentile survey giving the average speed of vehicles travelling in Causewayend as the average speed travelled is not our concern. Our concern lies with the drivers who regularly exceed the speed limit!
We live in anticipation of this problem being recognised and addressed before it is too late.
Cristeen Fraser
DEAR Editor, - Re; article in last week's Blairgowrie Advertiser headlined "Ex-soldier combats speeding threat", I am the Cristeen Fraser in the article, who has worked with Bob Curran in order to obtain the views of residents within Causewayend - relating to speeding in our street.
I can confirm that all residents who were approached were in total agreement for some type of speed calming in the street.
There were 104 people who signed the petition ... and they cannot be wrong!
Unfortunately, Causewayend is regularly used as a race track, with some drivers displaying total disregard to the residents who live there and/or the pedestrians and cyclists including children who either live or frequent the street, and we as residents are surely entitled to some recognition of a long-standing problem, before a more serious incident occurs.
In response to Cllr Grant's comments in the same article, I must agree with Mr Curran when he says Cllr Grant has not
helped our situation. In an e-mail circulated by Cllr Grant dated October 20, 2011, Cllr Grant says "People daft enough
to drive like that will pay no heed to 20mph signs. Also as I have explained before, there is a duty in law on all drivers to exercise 'due care and attention' at all times and if they do not they can be charged with an offence if the Police catch them, or if they are called to an incident after it has occurred. In the latter case, there is .usually ample evidence to prove that somebody did not drive safely. Thus the speed limit itself is not crucial in whether or not a driver is charged".
I have never heard such an inappropriate response from one of our elected members, and feel this response should be treated with the contempt it deserves.
I'm sure I speak on behalf of all residents of Causewayend when I say, surely Cllr Grant does not want an "incident" to occur before ample evidence is provided??
Also, for Cllr Grant's information, speed tables do not impede emergency vehicles due to the size of their wheel base, and if this were the case, why have planners demanded their presence in areas up and down the country?
I now take this opportunity to request that Perth and Kinross Council and Tayside Police investigate this matter before
someone is the victim of one of the speeding cars. We do not want a percentile survey giving the average speed of vehicles travelling in Causewayend as the average speed travelled is not our concern. Our concern lies with the drivers who regularly exceed the speed limit!
We live in anticipation of this problem being recognised and addressed before it is too late.
Cristeen Fraser
