Mum's anger at road report finding after speeding fears dismissed

1:00pm Thursday 20th September 2012 in News By Juliette Astrup

CAMPAIGN: Hannah Lammiman and son Dylan, three, with her petition CAMPAIGN: Hannah Lammiman and son Dylan, three, with her petition

A POOLE mum who led a campaign for traffic calming has been left disappointed and frustrated by a council report which found speeding was not an issue on her street.

Hannah Lammiman gathered more than 50 signatures on a petition calling for action on Salterns Road, Lower Parkstone after her family cat Frank was mown down.

Operation Frank as it was known gained the support of her neighbours this summer – who told the Echo cars often reached speeds 40 or 50mph and spoke of their fears for children heading to Baden Powell school. Their suggestions including speed bumps or temporary speed cameras.

The concerns prompted the council to monitor traffic on the one-way street, but its subsequent report found that, over a two week period of 24 hour monitoring, the average speed was 26mph. It concludes: “It is not possible to justify funding any traffic calming measures in Salterns Road at present.”

The only action it recommends is forwarding the residents’ concerns to police and Dorset Road Safe, and some minor maintenance work to signage and road markings.

Hannah told the Echo she felt the vehicle monitoring boxes had been installed in the wrong place. They were close to the junction with Tennyson Road where she says traffic naturally slows – rather than the north end near the junction with Commercial Road where she maintains speeding is a problem.

“It really is horrendous the speed they come into the road,” she added.

“I’m really disappointed by this report. But I won’t give up.”

The report will come before Borough of Poole’s transport advisory group on Thursday, December 20. Hannah told the Echo she will attend and ask for the monitoring boxes to be reinstalled in a different position.

Comments(10)

BarrHumbug says...
1:53pm Thu 20 Sep 12

Maybe Hannah should have submitted her petition around Feb-Mar time as the councils are usually falling over themselves to spend surplus money on the roads as they approach the end of the financial year?

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penhale says...
2:28pm Thu 20 Sep 12

There may well be an issue with speed on this road but the council have failed to gather evidence of it, I'm sure they are not going to spend thousands on traffic calming because a cat was run over.

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Dorset Logic says...
3:26pm Thu 20 Sep 12

Don't think there is a minimum speed for cat survival like the advert for kids at 40 vs 30 mph.

Under the wheel = flat cat.

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EGHH says...
6:40pm Thu 20 Sep 12

Sorry to hear about the cat. all it would take if Dorset Police put a copper at random times with a speed gun or even the camera partnership with a van. But I guess as it wouldn't make any money from fines they won't do it!!

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fifty shades of brown envelopes says...
8:17pm Thu 20 Sep 12

I saw pushchairs going faster than cars in salterns road I dont no why the cars go so slow
probably looking out for moggies

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Keat Stour says...
12:01am Fri 21 Sep 12

When I first saw the photo and headline, I thought it was going to be about her son getting knocked over. Not a cat.

I would love to know how they know cars are doing 40mph/50mph. I'm guessing they are having a guess and adding a bit extra to make it sound worse. I often drive down that road, and have never seen cars looking like they are speeding.

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Wesoblind says...
8:52am Fri 21 Sep 12

they need to get rid of traffic calming in the form of ramps! Twice in the last week ive been overtaken on them as i have to take them slow (which i thought was the reason for them) as my car is old and quite low. Also the ramps near coy pond managed to push my exhaust against the underside of my car causing a burning of the paint!
They really need to lose the ramps and come up with a better idea.

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fifty shades of brown envelopes says...
11:56am Fri 21 Sep 12

try blowing you tyres up it will enable your old fashioned car to miss the new fashioned ramps
also you are liable if your old car damages the ramps
keep it quiet dont broadcast it

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Wesoblind says...
6:43pm Fri 21 Sep 12

fifty shades of brown envelopes wrote:
try blowing you tyres up it will enable your old fashioned car to miss the new fashioned ramps
also you are liable if your old car damages the ramps
keep it quiet dont broadcast it
How silly, how could i be liable when my car was round long before the ramps were?
Tyres are "blown up" as you put it every week along with oil, coolent, screenwash, brake and clutch fluid etc etc so i dont think its that.
Maybe you have one of them lovely (but pointless) chelsea tractors and clear these obsitcals with ease?

Oh and its not old fashioned its classic.

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fifty shades of brown envelopes says...
1:09pm Sat 22 Sep 12

Wesoblind wrote:
fifty shades of brown envelopes wrote:
try blowing you tyres up it will enable your old fashioned car to miss the new fashioned ramps
also you are liable if your old car damages the ramps
keep it quiet dont broadcast it
How silly, how could i be liable when my car was round long before the ramps were?
Tyres are "blown up" as you put it every week along with oil, coolent, screenwash, brake and clutch fluid etc etc so i dont think its that.
Maybe you have one of them lovely (but pointless) chelsea tractors and clear these obsitcals with ease?

Oh and its not old fashioned its classic.
hydraulic clutch on your old car ?????
mmmm very interesting conversion kit no doubt
do you know the make
Thank you

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