Speed plea after third car crashes into wall
Lesley Westlake surveys the damage to the garden wall outside her familys home in Boston Road, Gosberton, after a car ploughed into it on Sunday.
A FAMILY is calling for traffic calming measures outside their home after a third car ploughed through a garden wall.
Lesley and Richard Westlake and their son Ben (22) were in the kitchen when a loud thud alerted them to the latest incident just after 3pm on Sunday.
After rushing to the front of their house in Boston Road, Gosberton, they found a young driver staggering from his car which had crashed through the roadside wall.
Mrs Westlake, who described the car as a “write-off”, looked after the driver until the ambulance arrived.
She said: “He was shaken but not seriously hurt, but this is the third time this has happened and it is only a matter of time before someone is.
“We really need a new speed limit or some sort of traffic calming measures because people come round the bend too fast and then lose control.
“Children walk by here on their way to school and old people use it as well. Someone could be killed.”
The family has lived at the house since 1999, but the first time someone crashed into the wall was in 2007, when Mr Westlake had to dive for cover after the bedroom windows were shattered.
Just over a year later, in December 2008, shortly after the wall had been repaired, another driver collided with it.
Mrs Westlake said: “None of the incidents have been weather related.
“It is all down to people driving too fast and the problem just seems to be getting worse.
“We are getting fed up with it and desperately want to see something done before its too late.”
n A police spokeswoman confirmed the blue Volkswagen Polo was being driven by a 21-year-old from Quadring, who suffered minor leg injuries.
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choppy
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 12:10 AMAnother young driver involved in a crash caused by his inexperience, another statistic that puts up the insurance premiums for young drivers.
fenlander
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 07:23 PMThere's a lot of mud on that road, I hope no one skids as a result and crashes.
trickyhicky270
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 03:07 PMSpeed alone does not cause vehicles to crash. A bad driver who is distracted by something else (mobile phone, cd player, screaming kids in the back seat etc) will still crash at 30 Mph. Why penalise the masses for the carelessness of a few! Too many speed restrictions are a distraction in themselves as drivers are far to busy obsessively watching their speedometer to be properly concentrating on the road ahead. Then we have the morons who insist on driving 10mph below the speed limit "just in case" and don't seem to care that they are holding everyone else up and causing frustrated drivers behind to overtake at often less than ideal moments.
Mr Angry of Tonbridge
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 12:44 PMSpeed limits will not stop offenders driving fast. They will just ignore them and continue to risk their own lives and those of innocent people in the vicinity.
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