Globalti
Legendary Member
Our street is 950m long and runs parallel to the main A road where there's a junction with lights. Consequently it gets used as a rat run by drivers who race through at speed to avoid the lights. Lancashire Police aren't interested and when they do come down it's always during the quiet, middle part ofthe day. It is restricted to "access only" but of course many people ignore this as it's almost unenforceable. Residents have been campaigning for 30 years for speed humps but because we are at about number 95 in Lancashire's league table of 100 dangerous streets with all of one accident involving a pedestrian, we have zero chance of getting the £52,000 they estimate it would cost to put in speed humps. Streets in the inner parts of Blackburn have 10 to 15 accidents in the last 3 years so they get all the traffic calming, which creates bad feeling because they are in the Asian or white working class areas.
I would like to continue the campaign by measuring the average speeds and frequency of cars cutting through at peak times, which I think would make good headlines. I thought of setting up a camera at each end, with the timers synchronised and taking timed photos of cars as they enter and leave the street. I also thought of taking two laptops and simply logging the vehicle numbers and makes & colours as they enter and exit the street then comparing the timings later, calculating the average speeds of those who drove right through. Doing it this way would require nimble fingers on the keyboard because they come though in groups sometimes (lights further down the main road) and the measurement of the entry and exit times would be hard to manage.
We have a neighbour who is a civil enginer and has a measuring wheel so that we can eliminate any doubt as to the exact length of the street from junction to junction.
What do you think? Any pitfalls you can see? Any suggestions?
I would like to continue the campaign by measuring the average speeds and frequency of cars cutting through at peak times, which I think would make good headlines. I thought of setting up a camera at each end, with the timers synchronised and taking timed photos of cars as they enter and leave the street. I also thought of taking two laptops and simply logging the vehicle numbers and makes & colours as they enter and exit the street then comparing the timings later, calculating the average speeds of those who drove right through. Doing it this way would require nimble fingers on the keyboard because they come though in groups sometimes (lights further down the main road) and the measurement of the entry and exit times would be hard to manage.
We have a neighbour who is a civil enginer and has a measuring wheel so that we can eliminate any doubt as to the exact length of the street from junction to junction.
What do you think? Any pitfalls you can see? Any suggestions?
The "car chicane" can work though but it needs planning.
