Speed kills.
The rising death tolls on South African roads attest to that fact. But where speed is inevitable on main roads and high ways, this should not be the case in our suburbs.
We, the residents of Stirling Road and the surrounding areas, feel that the installation of the traffic light at the intersection of Stirling and Balmoral (Previously a four-way stop) has led to drivers cruising down our road at speeds far higher than the 60km/h that is stipulated by law - which is also unreasonably fast for a densely populated, residential area.
Speeding along residential roads such as ours places residents and pedestrians in great danger. This is a road walked by many passers-through, families, children and pets, and we hereby appeal to the Johannesburg Roads Agency to assist us by placing speedbumps or humps in Stirling road.
Herewith, the signatures of the majority of the residents of our suburb:
Updates
May 4, 2017
The Johannesburg Roads Agency continues to ignore our pleas while our neighborhood remains a deathtrap for anyone trying to cross the street. I am sick of watching drivers treat our homes like a highway because this bureaucracy refuses to do their job.
May 4, 2017
The Johannesburg Roads Agency thinks they can ignore us while our children are in danger but this surge of support proves they are wrong. Keep the pressure on these bureaucrats because we are not going to back down until those speedbumps are installed.
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The traffic light is causing more of a delay along Balmoral than the four- way stop ever did, especially as there is no turning arrow. Residents cannot even leave the suburb due to the queue it creates. It should be removed and speed bumps put along Gleneagles, Stirling and Waterfall as they are used as short-cuts to WNicol in the morning. Cars travel at tremendous speeds along all three roads-all downhill. The roads are also taking strain with the volume of traffic and are not being maintained.
I have to leap into the bushes with my dogs in tow on a daily basis to avoid vehicles travelling at enormous speeds down Stirling road!
Stirling Road is an entry point for many residents into this section of Hurlingham . 60kms is TOO fast for a residential area and a traffic calming measure such as a few evenly spaced speed humps would change behaviour.
Rabbit-running via Sterling Road has increased exponentially, and is even worse now that the robots have been installed. Cars speed up and down Sterling day and night. Please ca we have regularly spaced speed-bumps along Sterling Road.
This is long overdue - the speed at which drivers speed along Striling headed towards and away from the traffic lights belongs on a racetrack, not a family-populated residential road which houses many children and pets alike. Walking outdoors is simply no longer safe.
I support the initiative of speed humps in Hurlingham
I support the initiative of speed humps in Hurlingham, particularly in Stirling, St Andrews, Maxwell MacDonald and Gleneagles roads.
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Speed kills.
The rising death tolls on South African roads attest to that fact. But where speed is inevitable on main roads and high ways, this should not be the case in our suburbs.
We, the residents of Stirling Road and the surrounding areas, feel that the installation of the traffic light at the intersection of Stirling and Balmoral (Previously a four-way stop) has led to drivers cruising down our road at speeds far higher than the 60km/h that is stipulated by law - which is also unreasonably fast for a densely populated, residential area.
Speeding along residential roads such as ours places residents and pedestrians in great danger. This is a road walked by many passers-through, families, children and pets, and we hereby appeal to the Johannesburg Roads Agency to assist us by placing speedbumps or humps in Stirling road.
Herewith, the signatures of the majority of the residents of our suburb:
Updates
May 4, 2017
The Johannesburg Roads Agency continues to ignore our pleas while our neighborhood remains a deathtrap for anyone trying to cross the street. I am sick of watching drivers treat our homes like a highway because this bureaucracy refuses to do their job.
May 4, 2017
The Johannesburg Roads Agency thinks they can ignore us while our children are in danger but this surge of support proves they are wrong. Keep the pressure on these bureaucrats because we are not going to back down until those speedbumps are installed.
41 Comments
We often walk here with the Pram and dogs are have almost been hot twice by speeding cars
The traffic light is causing more of a delay along Balmoral than the four- way stop ever did, especially as there is no turning arrow. Residents cannot even leave the suburb due to the queue it creates. It should be removed and speed bumps put along Gleneagles, Stirling and Waterfall as they are used as short-cuts to WNicol in the morning. Cars travel at tremendous speeds along all three roads-all downhill. The roads are also taking strain with the volume of traffic and are not being maintained.
I have to leap into the bushes with my dogs in tow on a daily basis to avoid vehicles travelling at enormous speeds down Stirling road!
Stirling Road is an entry point for many residents into this section of Hurlingham . 60kms is TOO fast for a residential area and a traffic calming measure such as a few evenly spaced speed humps would change behaviour.
Rabbit-running via Sterling Road has increased exponentially, and is even worse now that the robots have been installed. Cars speed up and down Sterling day and night. Please ca we have regularly spaced speed-bumps along Sterling Road.
This is long overdue - the speed at which drivers speed along Striling headed towards and away from the traffic lights belongs on a racetrack, not a family-populated residential road which houses many children and pets alike. Walking outdoors is simply no longer safe.
I support the initiative of speed humps in Hurlingham
I support the initiative of speed humps in Hurlingham, particularly in Stirling, St Andrews, Maxwell MacDonald and Gleneagles roads.
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We often walk here with the Pram and dogs are have almost been hot twice by speeding cars